Early childhood education and care

Early childhood education and care
Kaksi lasta tutkailee suurennuslaseilla pihlajanmarjoja metsässä
Image: Kari Leo

Welcome to page for Early Childhood Education and Care

FINEEC’s task is to conduct national external evaluations of ECEC and provide support for ECEC organisers in their statutory task of self-evaluation and quality management. 

The menu contains FINEEC’s material related to the national evaluation of early childhood education and care (ECEC), information about ongoing external evaluations and reports of completed evaluations. You will also find information about the national digital quality evaluation system Valssi.

Newest publication

FINEEC has published statistics for the Valssi quality evaluation system for 2025. The statistics have been gathered from the Valssi database and by a feedback survey. At the same time we have published the first national summary based on self evaluation information stored in Valssi. This year the summary's theme was Play, which has been the most popular evaluation form in Valssi since the system was launched. Versions in Swedish and English will be published later in Fall.

Janniina Vlasov

Janniina Vlasov

Counsellor of Evaluation
Early childhood education
+358 29 533 5543 Helsinki
Tuomas Sarkkinen

Tuomas Sarkkinen

Senior Evaluation Advisor
Early childhood education
+358 29 533 5582 Helsinki