Mother tongue/home language (other than Finnish or Swedish) studies at comprehensive municipal schools are meant for pupils, for whom this language is their:
You can find more information on the website of City of Helsinki. Also you should contact your child’s forthcoming school for more detailed information about this specific school’s actual situation considering mother language instruction. |
Information about mother tongue instruction
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Mother tongue instruction statistics
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how to Enroll to mother tongue instruction
While you enroll your child to comprehensive school and compulsory education (usually this is in January) enroll her/him also to mother tongue instruction. Mother tongue/home language instruction is available only for those pupils who have enrolled in it. Enrolment is also important in sense that based on it, on demand, different language instruction groups are organized.
Applying for mother tongue instruction is voluntary, but once a pupil has registered for a group she/he is supposed to attend the lessons. A separate transcript will be given for mother tongue instruction.
If you missed the enrolment in the mother tongue/home language instruction when your child started in compulsory education, you can do it also later. Just find out first which are the languages taught at your child’s school and if there is a study group in your language, enroll your child by the following application form.
Applying for mother tongue instruction is voluntary, but once a pupil has registered for a group she/he is supposed to attend the lessons. A separate transcript will be given for mother tongue instruction.
If you missed the enrolment in the mother tongue/home language instruction when your child started in compulsory education, you can do it also later. Just find out first which are the languages taught at your child’s school and if there is a study group in your language, enroll your child by the following application form.
- HELSINKI: Application form for instruction in mother tongue here
- ESPOO: Enrollment to own mother tongue lessons is every year from January to April via Wilma. If you don´t have Wilma username yet, you can enroll by emailing to omanaidinkielenilmoittautuminen@espoo.fi
- VANTAA: To enroll to mother tongue/home language instruction, contact your nearest school and request the correspondent form.
Note!
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MOTHER TONGUE/HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY RESULTS
In February 2022 we conducted a survey to the parents of bi- and multilingual school kids about mother tongue/home language instruction in elementary school. With this survey we wanted to find out
Three main points resulted:
The results point out following needs:
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