Education for children and young people

In Hämeenlinna, children and young people can complete their comprehensive school education, go to a vocational college, receive the basic education certificate, and take vocational upper secondary qualifications, further and specialist vocational qualifications, the Finnish matriculation examination or a university degree. Young people can also choose to complete a part of a qualification or study individual subjects.
For more information on education for young migrants and children, see here.
Students who have completed their comprehensive school education can receive support from Kela for their further studies. You can find more information here.
For Kela’s Quick guide for students, see here.