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Coronavirus - Latest information and advice
All information, support and instructions on the coronavirus is to be found at www.turku.fi/en/corona. Click the headline above to go to the website.
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City of Turku school and day care during the corona situation
You'll find information relating to day-care, schools and institutes under Teaching and Day-care section.
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Expertise for partner schools throughout Southwestern Finland
STEAM Turku is the science and technology path of the City of Turku Education Division, combining early childhood, basic and upper secondary level education and providing countless opportunities to children and young people of different ages. There is a personal path for everyone into the world of science and technology.
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Free-of-charge 20-hour early childhood education trial for 5-year-old children
Five-year-old children born in 2013 will be provided with free-of-charge early childhood education in Turku as part of a trial programme for the entire year running from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019.
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Learn about the Education Division!
Do you know how many day care units there are in Turku, or how many languages are spoken in Turku schools as mother tongues? And what on earth is Tuubi? Download the brand new general brochure or browse it on your mobile device!
Congratulations!
18.01.2021
Team from Turku Selected as Winner of the Beyond 2030 Challenge Science Competition
The winning team of the Beyond 2030 Challenge science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer Nordic is Voittamattomat (“the Invincibles”) from Turun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun lukio (Turun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Upper Secondary School). The winners were awarded in the award gala organised on 14 January.
12.01.2021
Recommendations concerning face masks in the City of Turku Education Division will extend to cover all pupils in grade 6
According to the new policy lines of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, it is recommended that pupils in grade 6 wear a mask from now on. The City of Turku Education Division will extend the recommendation to wear a mask to cover all pupils in grade 6 in City of Turku schools. The recommendation comes into force immediately.
17.12.2020
Beginning of Spring Term in the City of Turku Education Division
Teaching in spring term 2021 in City of Turku schools and educational institutions will begin with a hybrid model and contact teaching. If possible, teaching will continue in this form until the winter break beginning on 19 February 2021.
01.12.2020
Upper secondary education in Turku proceeds to distance teaching for the rest of 2020 – recommendation on wearing masks in upper comprehensive schools will be extended
The regional corona prevention group of Southwest Finland issued new recommendations and restrictions on Tuesday 1 December to prevent the spreading of coronavirus. Decisions concerning the City of Turku Education Division have already been made.
Congratulations!
18.01.2021
Team from Turku Selected as Winner of the Beyond 2030 Challenge Science Competition
The winning team of the Beyond 2030 Challenge science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer Nordic is Voittamattomat (“the Invincibles”) from Turun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun lukio (Turun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Upper Secondary School). The winners were awarded in the award gala organised on 14 January.
12.01.2021
Recommendations concerning face masks in the City of Turku Education Division will extend to cover all pupils in grade 6
According to the new policy lines of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, it is recommended that pupils in grade 6 wear a mask from now on. The City of Turku Education Division will extend the recommendation to wear a mask to cover all pupils in grade 6 in City of Turku schools. The recommendation comes into force immediately.
17.12.2020
Beginning of Spring Term in the City of Turku Education Division
Teaching in spring term 2021 in City of Turku schools and educational institutions will begin with a hybrid model and contact teaching. If possible, teaching will continue in this form until the winter break beginning on 19 February 2021.
01.12.2020
Upper secondary education in Turku proceeds to distance teaching for the rest of 2020 – recommendation on wearing masks in upper comprehensive schools will be extended
The regional corona prevention group of Southwest Finland issued new recommendations and restrictions on Tuesday 1 December to prevent the spreading of coronavirus. Decisions concerning the City of Turku Education Division have already been made.
The epidemic is accelerating
07.10.2020
Recommendation to Use a Face Mask in Institutions of Upper Secondary Education and Higher Education in Turku
On 2 October, the regional working group for coronavirus prevention led by the Hospital District of Southwest Finland decided in their meeting to issue new recommendations for Southwest Finland, as the coronavirus epidemic is accelerating in Turku, Raisio, Kaarina and Lieto.
01.09.2020
City of Turku Education Division recommends the use of Koronavilkku
Koronavilkku is a recently released smartphone application that makes it easier to break chains of infection. The City of Turku Education Division recommends the use of the application for families, pupils and students.
21.08.2020
Children Should Not Attend Day Care or School When Ill
You cannot tell symptoms of coronavirus apart from symptoms of other infectious diseases unless you get tested for coronavirus. If there is a reason to believe that a child might have coronavirus, they can get tested. Parents of children based in Turku can book a time slot for their child to get tested for coronavirus by calling the coronavirus helpline. (Updated on 24 August)
Use of masks recommended in public transport
14.08.2020
The City of Turku Underlines We All Have a Shared Responsibility to Prevent Coronavirus Infections
Coronavirus infections in Finland are on the rise. The City of Turku underlines that we all have a shared responsibility to mitigate the consequences of the second wave of coronavirus.
Congratulations!
18.01.2021
Team from Turku Selected as Winner of the Beyond 2030 Challenge Science Competition
The winning team of the Beyond 2030 Challenge science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer Nordic is Voittamattomat (“the Invincibles”) from Turun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun lukio (Turun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Upper Secondary School). The winners were awarded in the award gala organised on 14 January.
12.01.2021
Recommendations concerning face masks in the City of Turku Education Division will extend to cover all pupils in grade 6
According to the new policy lines of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, it is recommended that pupils in grade 6 wear a mask from now on. The City of Turku Education Division will extend the recommendation to wear a mask to cover all pupils in grade 6 in City of Turku schools. The recommendation comes into force immediately.
17.12.2020
Beginning of Spring Term in the City of Turku Education Division
Teaching in spring term 2021 in City of Turku schools and educational institutions will begin with a hybrid model and contact teaching. If possible, teaching will continue in this form until the winter break beginning on 19 February 2021.
01.12.2020
Upper secondary education in Turku proceeds to distance teaching for the rest of 2020 – recommendation on wearing masks in upper comprehensive schools will be extended
The regional corona prevention group of Southwest Finland issued new recommendations and restrictions on Tuesday 1 December to prevent the spreading of coronavirus. Decisions concerning the City of Turku Education Division have already been made.
The epidemic is accelerating
07.10.2020
Recommendation to Use a Face Mask in Institutions of Upper Secondary Education and Higher Education in Turku
On 2 October, the regional working group for coronavirus prevention led by the Hospital District of Southwest Finland decided in their meeting to issue new recommendations for Southwest Finland, as the coronavirus epidemic is accelerating in Turku, Raisio, Kaarina and Lieto.
01.09.2020
City of Turku Education Division recommends the use of Koronavilkku
Koronavilkku is a recently released smartphone application that makes it easier to break chains of infection. The City of Turku Education Division recommends the use of the application for families, pupils and students.
21.08.2020
Children Should Not Attend Day Care or School When Ill
You cannot tell symptoms of coronavirus apart from symptoms of other infectious diseases unless you get tested for coronavirus. If there is a reason to believe that a child might have coronavirus, they can get tested. Parents of children based in Turku can book a time slot for their child to get tested for coronavirus by calling the coronavirus helpline. (Updated on 24 August)
Use of masks recommended in public transport
14.08.2020
The City of Turku Underlines We All Have a Shared Responsibility to Prevent Coronavirus Infections
Coronavirus infections in Finland are on the rise. The City of Turku underlines that we all have a shared responsibility to mitigate the consequences of the second wave of coronavirus.