Registration at the preschool education centre

WHAT

The admission to preschool education takes place at the institution (kindergarten), regardless of whether it is a public or private institution. You can register your child all year round. However, most applications are submitted in March for the subsequent school year that starts in September. When you file the application, you must enclose the child’s health certificate.
Usually, parents apply for kindergarten in the municipality where they live.
You can also apply at any other municipality, but if there are more applications than there are vacancies in the kindergarten of your choice, a commission decides who should be admitted. Children with special needs and children from socially disadvantaged families with a certificate from the Social Work Centre have priority. The municipality can also give priority to children who live in the same municipal district.
When you want to put your child in family childcare and education, you can also directly contact the teachers who provide this service.
To register a child with special needs, contact the nearest Social Work Centre.

WHERE

• A list of kindergartens in Slovenia:
http://www.maminajdi.si/moj-otrok/izobrazevanje-otrok/487-seznam-vrtcev-v-sloveniji-po-regijah
• A list of private teachers in preschool education – Seznam varuhov predšolskih otrok na domu v Sloveniji (in Slovenian)
http://www.mizs.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/direktorat_za_predsolsko_vzgojo_in_osnovno_solstvo/predsolska_vzgoja/seznam_vrtcev_in_varuhov_predsolskih_otrok_na_domu/
• A list of kindergartens with adjusted programme for children with special needs (development programme):
http://www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/posebne_potrebe/razvojni_odd._sol._leta.xls
• A list of Social Work Centres:
https://www.scsd.si/seznam-centrov-za-socialno-delo.html