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Criteria for granting a daycare place have been confirmed

Published: 16.12.2025

The Board of Basic Education approved the criteria for allocating a place in early childhood education and care at its meeting on 3 December 2025.

The same criteria have already been applied, but they have now been written down and formally approved by the board.

The criteria for allocating places in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Vaasa are based on the Early Childhood Education and Care Act.

The criteria for allocating places in early childhood education and care in Vaasa are as follows:

  1. Guardians’ wishes
  2. Start date of early childhood education and care
  3. Sibling already attending the same unit
  4. Home address

If a family wishes to transfer their child to a different early childhood education and care unit, the criteria used for new applicants will apply.

Read more on applying for an ECEC place here