Early childhood education, basic education and upper secondary education

Mäntsälä has 10 municipal and 5 private day-care centres that offer early childhood education and pre-primary education. You have to pay for early childhood education, but the fee depends on your family’s income and size, and on the time that your child spends in the day-care centre. Early childhood education is voluntary. Pre-primary education, on the other hand, is free of charge and compulsory.

• Information about early childhood education
• Information about pre-primary education
• Metsätontun perhetupa is Keusote’s meeting place for families with children under the age of 7. Metsätupa offers free activities and a place for playing and spending time together.
• Information about early childhood education and pre-primary education in different languages

You can make an early childhood education application either online (this form is only available in Finnish!) or by printing and filling the pdf-form below. The filled form must be sent to Heikinkuja 4, 04600 Mäntsälä (either to Vinkki or directly to Tiina Korhonen).

If you have any questions, please contact the early childhood education specialist Tiina Korhonen.

In Mäntsälä, there are 10 primary schools, one secondary school, and one high school. Primary and secondary education is free of charge and compulsory.

• Information about basic education
• Information about the Wilma system
• Important applications regarding basic education
• Contact details and websites of all the schools in Mäntsälä (in Finnish!)

A pupil moving to Mäntsälä from elsewhere in Finland or from abroad

If a pupil moves to Mäntsälä in the middle of the school year, their guardian needs to contact the school secretary (contact details below) and fill out an application for the pupil (in Finnish!). The pupil will be placed in a specific school based on the information given in the application.

The immigration coordinator (contact details below) will help if the pupil is moving to Mäntsälä from abroad. Pupils who are studying Finnish as a second language will have either regular basic education or preparatory education that focuses on learning Finnish or Swedish and becoming familiar with the Finnish school system.

If you have any questions, please contact the school secretary or the immigration coordinator:

Upper secondary education includes general upper secondary school and vocational education and training, as well as different preparatory education programmes. In Mäntsälä, upper secondary education is provided by Mäntsälä high school and Keuda at Lukkarinpolku and Saari.

• Information about general upper secondary school and vocational education and training
• Applying for upper secondary education 
• Preparatory Education and Training Programme TUVA
• Keuda’s website
• Keuda’s study options for immigrants
• Mäntsälä high school’s website