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9.11 Building Permits
Foreign missions are obliged to respect local regulations concerning building permits. Building Regulation Services in respective cities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area are responsible for issuing building licences for construction of new buildings and for licences which are required for certain construction works. Contact information may be obtained on the Internet on the web site of each city.
9.12. Finnish Education System
The Finnish education system is composed of:
• Early childhood education and care
• Pre-primary education
• Basic education
• Upper secondary education and training
• Higher education
All inquiries concerning the possibility of children of members of missions to receive education in Finland are advised to be made directly to the institution in question.
A joint application system (in Finnish: yhteishakujärjestelmä) to general upper secondary schools and vocational upper secondary schools is a national procedure that Finnish educational institutions use when selecting new students. If the school certificate of a foreign student is not comparable with their Finnish equivalent, the student’s potential for attending general upper secondary school can be separately assessed.
Also International Baccalaureate (IB) is included in the joint application system, but in other cases education given in a foreign language (other than Finnish or Swedish) is not included in the joint application system, which means that students apply directly to the school.
The Finnish National Agency for Education provides information about the Finnish Education System at www.oph.fi (choose in English → Education System)
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