SECTION IX: PRE-SCHOOL REFORM ........................................................................ 58
12. Pre-school reform of 2000–2001 ................................................................................. 58
12.1 Background for reform ...................................................................................... 58
12.2 Pre-school arrangements ................................................................................... 58
12.3 Concept of pre-school education ....................................................................... 59
Objectives of pre-school education ................................................................... 59
Implementation of pre-school education ........................................................... 59
Pre-school curricula........................................................................................... 59
12.4 Pre-school reform and financing ....................................................................... 60
12.5 The issue of lowering the compulsory school age in Finland ........................... 61