Welcome to the Educational Services of Vörå Municipality!
For Future Unique Stars
Vörå municipality's education sector comprises seven kindergartens, seven schools for grades one through six, Tegengrenskolan for grades seven to nine, and Vörå samgymnasium-sports gymnasium for secondary education.
We constantly strive to develop our operations. In recent years, significant investments in digitalization have been made, and in both basic education and secondary education, we now have a 1:1 ratio. This means all students have their own digital device for schoolwork. In early childhood education, inspiring learning environments have been created where analogue and digital materials are combined to foster children's creative creations.
To ensure that all children and students can systematically and equally develop their digital competencies, we follow our local digital learning path. Here you can learn more about our digital learning path.
We also have four tutor teachers who, together with the IT educator, support and develop the pedagogical activities on the ground.
Sustainable Development Learning Path
Sustainable development has been a central theme in education. To promote the development of students' knowledge in sustainable development, a sustainable development learning path has been created. The implementation of this learning path is done in a versatile manner and further emphasized in teaching with the help of development projects. Here you can read more about our sustainable development learning path.
Club Activities
Vörå municipality offers club activities according to the Finnish model at all schools. The clubs are coordinated by a club coordinator. Different clubs are organized at the schools according to students' interests. The club activities are partially funded by project grants from the Regional State Administrative Agency and the Finnish National Agency for Education.
In 2022, the Digi Adventure project was launched within early childhood education. The project's goal is to implement the digital learning path, develop innovative learning environments, and invest in the development of digital skills for both children and staff. Great emphasis has been placed on enhancing children's creativity, increasing parental involvement, and improving staff's digital competence. The project is funded with support from the National Agency for Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture.
As part of the project, a digital handbook was also created to support staff in implementing the digital learning path. The handbook is open for everyone to read. Here you can read more about the digital handbook.
In January 2023, the projects Cooperative Network Learning and New Literacy - Sustainable Development were launched. The purpose of the projects was to further implement the digital learning path, promote the implementation of the digital learning path, use innovative learning environments, and build a studio environment for educational purposes. Within the project, the Vörå Network studio has been established and the operations have been developed.
During the 2023-2024 school year, the project "Language Immersion in Vörå?" aimed to assess the interest in language immersion among the town's residents and explore the possibilities for organizing it. The project investigated whether a two-way language immersion could be feasible to provide the Finnish-speaking residents with a Finnish learning path. It was concluded within the project that there was significant interest in language immersion among the residents, but existing legislation did not allow for the integration of a Finnish learning path into it.
During the spring term of 2024, Vörå participated in the project Every Day Counts – School Engagement in Ostrobothnia. The aim of the project was to develop a regional action plan to promote school attendance and address problematic absenteeism. Vörå joined the project with the municipalities of Korsholm, Malax, Korsnäs, Närpes, and Kristinestad. The outcome of the project was a joint action plan for promoting school attendance.