Children can be looked after at after-school centres or in after-school care schemes (SFO) until they begin in the 3rd or 4th class. Here, children can play with their friends, do homework and take part in various other activities.
After-school centres and the after-school care scheme
After-school centres and SFO are open daily until five or six o’clock in the afternoon. You must apply to your municipal authority for a place in an after-school centre or SFO scheme. You must bear some of the costs for this care service, unless you are given a free place. You can apply to your municipal authority for a free place.
Homework assistance
In many municipalities, schools, libraries and local organisations work together to provide homework assistance to children who need help. Ask at your school, library or municipal authority.
Clubs for the older children
Some municipal authorities also have recreational clubs. Children can come to the clubs when they have outgrown after-school centres or SFOs.
Youth schools
All municipal authorities have youth schools for children aged 14 to 18. Youth schools are a way of supplementing school education in your free time. Enrolment is voluntary and tuition is free. Youth schools are open in the afternoon and evening, and here it is possible to take academic and creative subjects such as music, photography and ceramics, learn about IT and receive instruction on how to ride a moped. You can also simply meet other young people and hang out together. Many schools organise parties on Fridays. A youth school can have a full-time school timetable with the option of sitting the same exams as those of primary and lower secondary school. Some also have clubs and other recreational activities, some of which must be paid for by participants. Ask your municipal authority, a youth school or consult the Youth E ducation Guidance Service.
Credits: The Danish Immigration Service
