Family

Children’s nurses examine the children in their home regularly up to the age of 18 months. If the child or the family has special needs, the nurse´s home visits can continue up to school age.

Foreigners moving to the Faroe Islands with small children must contact the children´s nurse in order to receive home visits.

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Gigni (in Faroese)

General Practitioners provide medical checks up to the age of 5 and vaccinations according to a vaccination programme.

Day care for children up to school age is provided in nurseries for children up to 3 years and in kindergarten from children from 3 to 6 years. Some children attend day care in private homes.

Children with special needs can receive specialized pedagogical assistance in the day care centres.

Parents have to pay a fee for day care for their children. In some mucipalities the fee will be reduced if the family has several children in day care.

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Tórshavn Municipality - Childcare

Fólkaskúlin is the municipal primary and lower secondary school in the Faroe Islands. Fólkaskúlin offers 9 years of compulsory basic education and an elective 10th year.

In Tórshavn municipality, there are 10 public primary and lower secondary schools, two private schools and one special education school. 

Many public elementary schools also offer pre-school classes for six years old children.

Students who have completed 9th or 10th grade at lower secondary school or a foreign equivalent degree may attend one of the Faroese upper secondary schools or vocational schools for free.

There are five upper secondary schools in the Faroe Islands - in Tórshavn, Klaksvik, Kambsdalur, Vestmanna and Suðuroy.

Upper secondary school takes three years and provides access to institutions of higher education. Students can choose between a mathematical, a linguistic, a technical, a business, or a natural resources line of study.

Adults who wish to take a higher education can attend a 2 years´ Higher Preparatory course (HF).

It is also possible to take a basic year of commercial or technical study after which the student can either enter an apprenticeship or continue at the school for two more years and pass an examination which provides access to institutions of higher education.

Finally, there are maritime schools in Tórshavn and Klaksvík offering studies to become a shipmaster or a marine engineer. And in Suðuroy there is a college of social and health care offering studies to become a health care assistant or an assistant nurse.

The diplomas awarded by the Faroese secondary schools are equivalent to those awarded in the Danish educational system.