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Recreation destinations and services
Vantaa owns six outdoor recreation areas with public camp kitchens and outside toilets.
Compulsory education
Children living permanently in Finland are required to attend school. Compulsory education begins at the beginning of the school year in the year in which the child turns seven. Compulsory education will end when a young person has their 18th birthday, or when they have completed an upper secondary
TUVA education
TUVA education aims to attain such learning skills with which the student performs education leading to an upper secondary education degree.
Urhea activities
Urhea activities in Vantaa lower secondary schools and Sotunki Upper Secondary School support the coordination of schooling and athletics of children and young people that take part in goal-oriented athletic operations.
Basic education in Vantaa
The nine-year Finnish comprehensive school provides general basic education. All children at the age of seven living in Finland must go to school or otherwise complete the comprehensive school curriculum.
Learning and school attendance support in basic education
In Vantaa, the support needed by a student is primarily organized at the student's local school with various flexible arrangements.
Club activities in basic education
The school's clubs are usually arranged after the school day on the school premises or on nearby premises. The clubs are free of charge and voluntary.
Flexible basic education
Flexible basic education allows for studying alternatingly at school and in a workplace. The studies also include excursions, visits to educational institutes, and school camps. A youth counsellor also works in the class with the teacher. The groups have ten students.
Assistant services in basic education
Disabled and special needs students will receive the interpretive and assistance services they need for their schooling free of charge.
Syllabus of Finnish as a second language (S2)
Teaching of Finnish as a second language (S2) is available to students who do not have native-level Finnish language skills.