Private early childhood education and care

Guardians of children under school age have the option of choosing private day care allowance for arranging the child’s early childhood education and care, where the child’s early childhood education and care location is a private early childhood education and care provider approved by the municipality.

The day care provider may be

  • a private day care centre or play school
  • a private group family day care centre
  • a private family day care provider
  • a day care provider engaged under a contract of employment.

Applying for early childhood education and care

  1. To apply for placement in private early childhood education and care, you need to contact the private service provider who makes the admission decisions on the children.
  2. The care service provider and the child’s guardian make a written agreement on early childhood education and care.