All private daycare centers are approved and supervised by the municipality in which they operate. Private daycare providers like Pilke follow the same Early Childhood Education Act and the national early childhood education curriculum as municipal daycare centers. Municipalities also monitor our operations through inspections, guidance, and audits.
Finnish private early childhood education is among the best in the Nordic countries. Recent surveys measuring both customer satisfaction and municipalities’ views show that private services are perceived as high-quality and that cooperation with municipalities works well.
In private daycare centers, quality is built through the development of pedagogy, investment in staff well-being and competence, and by creating services that meet the needs of families—often with the help of digital tools.