Termination of a Place in Early Childhood Education and Care

Terminating a Municipal Early Education Place

An early education (ECEC) place or an open early childhood education (open ECEC) place must be terminated before you stop using the service. You may terminate the place in the eVaka service. If you are unable to terminate the place in eVaka, please fill in the form below and submit it to the ECEC centre or home-based childcare.

Terminating the place ends the care relationship, and the decision granting the ECEC place is also terminated. Any other active care relationships and possible transfer applications will be cancelled when you terminate a place.

Terminating a Private Early Education Place

Private ECEC places are terminated in eVaka. In addition, the family must inform the private service provider of the termination and of the child’s last day of attendance. You may negotiate the termination period with the service provider, but typically the notice period is at least one month.

Transferring Between Municipal and Private ECEC

If you transfer to another service provider (for example, from a municipal daycare centre to a private daycare centre), terminate your current early childhood education placement in eVaka after your transfer application has been processed.

There is no notice period in municipal early childhood education, but placements cannot be terminated retrospectively. In private early childhood education, the notice period is determined by the service agreement, which should be taken into account when planning a transfer.

Both municipal and private placements must be terminated electronically through eVaka. If your child attends private early childhood education, remember to also notify the daycare centre or family daycare provider of the termination and your child's last day of attendance.

Moving to Another Municipality

When moving to another municipality, the ECEC place may be used until the end of the month in which the move takes place.

If you are unable to terminate the place in eVaka, please fill in the form below and submit it to the ECEC centre or home-based childcare practitioner.