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Studying in a distance general upper secondary school
Instead of a whole degree, studying remotely also allows for completing individual courses or subject units, improving one's grades and supplementing a previous matriculation examination with new subjects.
Student body
During their general upper secondary school studies, students can participate in and influence the school's and also the City of Vantaa's operations by becoming active in their school's student board, for example.
Learning support and special-needs education in general upper secondary education
All general upper secondary schools in Vantaa offer plenty of learning support, including, among others, remedial instruction. All general upper secondary schools also have special needs teachers who carry out, for example, reading screeners, counsel about study skills, and give special-needs
Basic education for grades 1-6
In grades 1 through 6, pupils have their own class teacher who teaches them most of the subjects.
Basic education for grades 7-9
In grades 7 through 9, pupils study common and optional subjects in line with the national distribution of lesson hours.
Library services
The library is an open meeting place and cultural center, meant for everybody.
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
Pre-primary education in Vantaa
Pre-primary education starts one year before a child starts going to school. Pre-primary education is four hours a day and it's run during the working hours of schools. There is free pre-primary education in Vantaa that is being given in day cares and in some schools.
Pre-primary education in English
The operations of English-speaking pre-primary education are designed in a way that combines the bilingual pre-primary education so that both languages remain present and improve gradually after the teacher's modelling and the children's active learning.