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1,690 new first-grade pupils this autumn in Tampere

1,690 new first-grade pupils this autumn in Tampere

10.08.2012 08:39

A total of around 1,690 first-grade pupils will start school in Tampere this autumn. The school year will begin in Tampere’s comprehensive schools on Monday 13 August 2012.

Schoolwork will begin in Tampere for around 14,900 comprehensive school pupils. This preliminary information applies to city-run schools providing basic education. Around 70 pupils from a foreign-language background will receive instruction preparing them for basic education this autumn.

Starting in the autumn term, the Nekala school will function as a part of the University of Tampere’s Normaalikoulu. The Normaalikoulu begins its academic year according to its own schedule.

Pre-primary education will also begin as school starts. Around 1,780 children born in 2006 will participate in pre-primary education.

The situation for spots in morning and afternoon activities for young schoolchildren is reasonably good. Nearly all applicants have received a spot, even though some locations received a large number of newcomers. Spots are currently being sought for the children who still have not been placed. All in all around 2,400 first or second-grade children are attending the morning and afternoon activity groups this year.

» Basic education

Further information

Director of basic education
Veli-Matti Kanerva
Mobile 050 593 6212
E-mail addresses are of the format firstname.lastname@tampere.fi

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