
Briefly in English
Location
We are in Jyväskylä, 268 km to the north from Helsinki in Central Finland with good traffic connections: a railway station and several daily long-distance express bus lines from Helsinki airport and city center.
Characteristic features
- Our school was founded in 1942 and is owned by a private NGO foundation
- We have about 500 students
- We respect Christian values, but our school has international students and staff with many cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds
- We have regional, national and international networks
- In our campus area we offer excellent facilities (a gym, a library with PCs and internet, free wifi, a restaurant)
- Our school dormitories offer accommodation for 40 students and hostel guests in double rooms, and also studio flats with private kitchenettes and bathrooms
- Our school has a great diversity: we have about 150 migrant students from 25 different countries with 19 different languages
Vocational education with national degrees
- Vocational Qualification in Education and Guidance (work as a Youth and Community Instructor or as a Children’s Instructor in kindergartens)
- Further Vocational Qualification in Education and Guidance (work as a Learning Support Assistant/Morning and Afternoon Club Activity Instructor or as a Childminder at a family day care)
- Further Vocational Qualification in Cleaning and Property Services (work as a personal assistant, a home aid, a cleaner or a janitor)
- Further Vocational Qualification in Parish and Funeral Services (work as a verger or a cemetery caretaker, or as an employee in customer service in a funeral home in funeral services)
Free-oriented youth and adult education
- Interior decoration
- Theatre
- Graphic design
- Music
- Open University studies
- Comprehensive school for young and adult students
- Tenth extra grade of comprehensive school studies
- Comprehensive school studies for adult students (basic skills, lower level, upper level)
Accommodation, conference and festivity services
- Accommodation services in hostel flats in a peaceful environment near the city center
- A lovely restaurant with 120 seats for catering services and an assembly hall and facilities for private family gatherings as weddings and birthday parties
- Comfortable facilities for business meetings, seminars, community gatherings and concerts
- Weekend and summer courses on various topics
- Further education and leadership courses
Vision and strategy for the Future
- We have international cooperation in Erasmus+- projects and in Unesco ASPNET- School network
- We focus on global citizenship and sustainable development according to UN Agenda 2030 goals
- We have efficient cooperation models with the working life
- We use digital facilities both in teaching and in learning
Contact information
Principal Mr Harri Erkamaa
tel. +358 44 7522 764
harri.erkamaa(at)jko.fi
School Secretaries:
Vocational studies:
Ms Suvi Uski
tel. +358 44 7522 714
koulutussihteerit(at)jko.fi
Other studies:
Ms Kirsi Haukimäki
tel. +358 44 7522 716
koulutussihteerit(at)jko.fi
School Office:
Sulkulantie 28, FIN – 40520 JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
tel. +358 14 3348 000
e-mail: toimisto(at)jko.fi
www.jko.fi
Vice principal Mr Matti Virtala
tel. +358 44 7522 749
matti.virtala(at)jko.fi
International Coordinator:
Ms Anna-Liisa Vallipuro
tel. +358 50 3899 641
anna-liisa.vallipuro(at)jko.fi
Accommodation and bookings:
Ms Katriina Holma
tel. +358 14 334 8000
kokouspalvelut(at)jko.fi
