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Education and researchAltogether 230,600 children participated in early childhood education and care in 2021
release | Early childhood education and care 2021Correction
Statistics on early childhood education and care, Database table 13v2 -- Number of children in early childhood education and care by areas, was corrected.
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Early childhood education and care 2021 is the first publication on participation in early childhood education and care.
Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland, 230,600 children took part in early childhood education and care in 2021. Thirty-five per cent of children under the age of three and 87 per cent of children between the ages of three and five participated in early childhood education and care, that is, centre-based early education and family-based day care. Participation in early childhood education and care becomes the more common the older the children are. Examined by age group, participation in early childhood education and care was highest among children aged five, 48,600, which is 89 per cent of all children aged five.
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- A total of 230,600 children participated in early childhood education and care in 2021.
- Participation in early childhood education and care becomes the more common the older the children are. Thirty-five per cent of children aged under three and 87 per cent of children aged three to five participated in early childhood education and care.
- Participation in early childhood education and care has rapidly become more common in recent years, but it decreased slightly during the corona pandemic.
- Early childhood education and care are usually provided in centre-based early education. Participation in family-based day care has decreased in recent years.
- The Varda database on early childhood education and care offers new possibilities for developing statistics on early childhood education and care.
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