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HEI Schools Launches HEI Indonesia to Strengthen Presence in Southeast Asia
Helsinki, Finland – October 2025 – HEI Schools, a global pioneer in Finnish early education, proudly announces the establishment of HEI Indonesia through a master license partnership with PT Kreasi Karya Kasih, led by ...
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First HEI Schools® to open in Japan
HEI Schools, a global leader in early childhood education, with its licensee Chubu Electric, brings the first HEI Schools branded nursery, HEI Schools Nagoya Sakae, to Japan, with a scheduled opening in April 2026.
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HEI Schools, leading Finnish early education company, launches HEI India
Helsinki, Finland – October 2025 – HEI Schools, a leading Finnish early education company, co-founded by the University of Helsinki, proudly announces the launch of HEI India, a new entity dedicated to supporting its ...
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Lillipods® Finnish Preschool launches in Singapore
The research-driven Finnish-inspired kindergarten concept, Lillipods, is making its highly anticipated entry into Singapore through a strategic partnership with local operator All Good Things Only Pte. Ltd. (AGTO). The ...
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HEI Schools Partners with Local Change-maker to Open the First Finnish Preschool in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius - August 29, 2025 – HEI Schools Mauritius has officially opened its doors as the first Finnish early education center in the country – HEI Schools Mauritius Forbach. On August 29, the team hosted ...
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Lillipods Indonesia Celebrates Grand Opening and Official Start of Operations in Tangerang
Lillipods Indonesia, in partnership with HEI Schools Global, celebrated the official launch of its first early education center, LILLIPODS Preschool Icon BSD, in BSD, Tangerang. On August 19, 2025, the opening ceremony ...
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HEI Indonesia Expands with 2nd Campus Following Success at HEI Schools Senayan
HEI Schools Indonesia has announced plans to launch their second campus, building on the success of HEI Schools Senayan. Since its establishment in 2020, the Senayan campus has maintained full enrollment, positively ...
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First Lillipods® Finnish Preschool to open in Jakarta
HEI Schools (Helsinki International Schools Group) is excited to announce that its long-time partner PT. Kreasi Karya Kasih, who owns and operates the successful HEI Schools Senayan kindergarten, will open a Lillipods® ...
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HEI Schools Al Khobar Golden Belt Celebrates Successful Opening Ceremony
HEI Schools (Helsinki International Schools Group) announced the successful inaugural opening of HEI Schools Al Khobar Golden Belt in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony, held on February 4th, was attended by notable ...
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Building a sustainable future with the Toolkit Curriculum
Although they are not teachers, Christina and Werner want to change the landscape of early education in South Africa. Christina is a veterinary specialist and university lecturer, and she comes from a family of ...
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Toolkit Curriculum Case Study: Montessori House
Our newest product for schools, the Toolkit Curriculum, was released in July of 2020. With schools from all around the world putting the digital curriculum into practice, we thought we’d share one example of how a ...
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HEI Schools expands to Mongolia with first kindergarten in Ulaanbaatar
HEI Schools, a leading education company from Finland, is pleased to announce the opening of its partner-operated HEI Schools in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, one of the first HEI Schools kindergarten in the country. The HEI ...
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HEI Schools bringing world-class K-12 education to Phuket
HEI Schools, together with its licensed partner Kajonkiet Group, the largest education operator in Phuket, is expanding its early childhood education offering to primary and secondary level. The school will adopt an ...
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How HEI Curriculum supports India's National Education Policy (NEP)
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in India has laid out a forward-thinking plan to reshape the country's education system. At the core of this change is a commitment to holistic development, basic learning, and ...
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Montessori and Finland's Education differences: History
As an operator or a parent, choosing the type of early childhood education appropriate for your school and children can be challenging. There are a variety of well-established alternative preschool models, such as ...
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EF chooses HEI Schools as their teacher training partner
EF, the international education company, selected HEI Schools, a Finnish early education company, as their trusted teacher training partner for an early education pilot program in China.
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Including All Kids: How HEI Schools Incorporates Diversity
Inclusion and special needs are becoming increasingly important in the educational field, especially during the last two years when many schools were required to shut down or implement remote teaching due to the ...
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HEI Schools and SEGi University and Colleges to begin a collaboration
HEI Schools, a Finnish early education company, and SEGi University and Colleges in Malaysia have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing SEGi’s Early Childhood Education Teacher Diploma program in Malaysia. With ...
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HEI Schools to collaborate with the City and University of Helsinki
HEI Schools is starting a collaboration with the City of Helsinki and the University of Helsinki in a kindergarten in Jätkäsaari, a neighborhood in Helsinki. The goal of the collaboration is to further develop the ...
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HEI Schools receives €2 Million investment
We are very happy to announce that HEI Schools has received €2 million investment from Practica Capital and Tesi in its latest funding round. The money will be used to continue building and strengthening the growing ...
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Partner Talks - HEI Schools Australia
At HEI Schools, we receive many questions about what it’s like to start and run a Learning Center with us. To address those topics, we started a new series called “Partner Talks” in which we sit down with our current ...
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HEI Schools to open HEI Schools Club on Nami Island, Republic of Korea
From left: Mr. Fred Minn, CEO, and Ms. Ellen Chang, Chief International Liaison of Nami Island Arts and Education Inc., Ms. Inkeri Mentzoni, Director of Sales, and Mr. Heikki Vartia, Sales and Partnership Manager of HEI ...
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Partner Talks: HEI Schools San Rafael
At HEI Schools, we receive many questions about what it’s like to start and run a Learning Center with us. To address those topics, we started a new series called “Partner Talks” in which we sit down with our current ...
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6 Reasons Why Finnish Early Childhood Education is Excellent
For the past ten years, Finland’s education system has been praised as one of the best in the world. The most recent PISA scores in 2018, showed that Finnish students aged 15 years old were one of the top five in ...
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Partner talks - HEI Schools Senayan
At HEI Schools, we receive many questions about what it’s like to start and run a Learning Center with us. To address those topics, we started a new series called “Partner Talks” in which we sit down with our current ...
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HEI Schools and Kide Science join forces to globalize early education
PRESS RELEASE March 15th 2019 HEI Schools, a Finnish early childhood education (ECE) company delivering the acclaimed Finnish model to early education ECE operators worldwide has just teamed up with Kide Science to ...
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HEI Schools Opens in Australia in Autumn 2018
HEI Schools has signed a franchising agreement with University Preparation College in Australia about establishing and operating kindergartens in Australia. The first pilot kindergarten is planned to open already in ...
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Prototyping, testing and building HEI Schools Learning Space!
We are proceeding with full speed with our learning space concept. Design work has reached prototyping and testing phase before drawings are flown to China to be build to our new brilliant HEI Schools Baotou ...
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Helsinki University Makes an Additional Investment in HEI Schools
In February 2017, the Helsinki University Funds made an additional investment in the HEI Schools. The Helsinki Innovation Services (HIS), which focuses on the commercialization of scientific research, is strongly ...
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