Home Basic Education Basic Education You can apply to our Basic Education at any time of the year. The aim is to prepare you for further studies or enhance possibilities to find work or become a Finnish citizen. Apply to Basic Education Helsingin aikuisopiston peruskoulu provides basic education for adults who have moved to Finland. You can study in the Literacy Phase, the Introductory Phase and the Final Phase. You can apply at any time of the year. Read this before you apply Read the requirements for each phase. When you apply, we choose the right phase for you. We choose it based on the entrance exam. If you are a customer of employment services, talk to your contact person before you apply. You may also get financial aid for students from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). Send your application You can apply to Basic Education online. Complete the form carefully. You can add your old school certificates to the application. We need your old certificates especially if you have studied in basic education for adults before. If you need help with the application, we can complete the form together with you at the Basic Education Office at Runeberginkatu 22–24. If you want to correct your application, or if your phone number or address changes, contact the office. Do not send a new application. Apply to Basic Education Invitation to the entrance exam After we have processed your application, we will send you an invitation to the entrance exam by text message and email. Please wait for the invitation. We process applications in the order in which they arrive. All applicants take the entrance exam. We do not accept students based on certificates only. The entrance exam has a written part and an interview. We choose the students based on them. Decision about your study place We will send a letter to your home address about your study place. Studies usually start in August or January. Please note: you cannot study at two schools at the same time. If you change schools, you must leave your old school first. If you are suitable for Basic Education but our groups are full, you will be on the waiting list. We will tell you about this. We will contact you if a place becomes free in a suitable group. We will also tell you if your application is not accepted. Who can apply? Read the requirements for each phase below. If you have already completed studies equal to Finnish basic education, we recommend that you apply to another type of education. We cannot accept applicants aged 40 or over whose integration period is still ongoing. Requirements for the Literacy, Introductory and Final Phase The Literacy Phase is for students who cannot read and write in the Latin alphabet (ABC) or can read and write only a little or cannot yet read and write well enough for the Introductory Phase have not completed studies equal to Finnish basic education in their home country or anywhere else. The Introductory Phase is for students who cannot yet start the Final Phase can read and write in the Latin alphabet (ABC) speak Finnish at about level A1.3 have not completed studies equal to Finnish basic education in their home country or anywhere else. The Final Phase is for students who have the study skills needed in the Final Phase speak Finnish at level A2.1 or higher know basic mathematics and English have not completed studies equal to Finnish basic education in their home country or anywhere else. Literacy Phase Introductory Phase Final Phase
