Registration and fees

• If the student cancels their participation, this must be notified immediately by email to taikon@edu.vaasa.fi.
• The withdrawal date is the day on which the notice of cancellation of participation has been received by TaiKon.
• Any cancellation of a place free of charge must be made before the start of the third teaching session. If cancellation occurs within the deadline, any pre-paid semester fee will be refunded. Note that absence from a lesson without an acceptable reason is also counted as within the trial period. Absence must be reported in advance.
• If the pupil cancels participation during teaching weeks 3–6, half of the semester fee will be charged. If participation is cancelled later, the full semester fee will be invoiced.
• In early childhood mix courses (8 sessions), no fee is charged from those who drop out after the first session. Those who drop out later will be charged the full fee.
• NOTE! Teaching continues automatically in the spring semester if you were registered as a student in the autumn and your place is not cancelled. This does not apply to short early childhood mix courses and applied courses.

Cancel your registration:

• in the web shop: Online shop (My registrations)
• by email: taikon@edu.vaasa.fi
• by phone:
  • Customer service in Finnish: 0400 868 110 (Mon–Fri 8am–4pm)
  • Customer service in Swedish: 040 629 9133 (Mon–Thu 10am–2pm)

Alma Adult Education Centre and TaiKon is a a non-profit organisation. Fees are set per group and are based on the number of lessons and the costs of running the group. At TaiKon, teaching material fees are also included in the semester fees.

Group-specific prices can be found for each group in Alma’s and TaiKon’s web shop.

• You can pay the semester fee:
  • online at the time of registration
  • by invoice (an invoice for the semester will be sent in October and February if you do not pay online)
• The semester fee is invoiced once per semester. You cannot pay the entire academic year at once.
• If you register for a group that runs for the whole academic year at the start of the spring semester, the course fee is half of the full academic year fee.
• If there are 6 or fewer teaching sessions left at the time of registration, the semester fee is reduced by 50%.
• We will refund paid course fees if a group is cancelled due to a low enrolment.
• We reserve the right to possible price changes to semester fees, and changes are decided by the City of Vaasa’s education board.

Paying online is not possible if:

• you are entitled to a sibling discount or an unemployment discount (we will send you an invoice).
• you are using specified means of payment and have received an invoice for the course

Specified means of payment:

Epassi, Edenred and SmartumPay

Epassi, SmartumPay and Edenred benefits are personal, so they cannot be used to pay for a child’s participation.

Alma Adult Education Centre gift card

You can pay the course fee with a gift card only at Alma Adult Education Centre’s office, Kirkkopuistikko 15 (Mon-Thurs 10–16).

Who is eligible for reduced fees?

Discounts based on the guardian’s situation

You may be eligible for a reduction in TaiKon tuition fees in the following circumstances:

Unemployed

A student is entitled to a 100% fee reduction if they are of compulsory school age and their guardian is an unemployed jobseeker receiving the general social security benefit.

How to proceed:

Please provide proof of your active job-seeking status, together with Kela’s decision on general social security benefit, at Alma Adult Education Centre’s office during its opening hours no later than one week after the start of teaching.

• Alma Adult Education Centre: Raastuvankatu 31, Vaasa (Mon–Fri 8–16)
• Alma Adult Education Centre: Kirkkopuistikko 15, Vaasa (Mon–Thu 10–14)

Note:

• you cannot pay online if you are entitled to a discount
• the discount is not granted after invoicing

Kaikukortti

The student receives a 50% discount if the student’s guardian has a Kaikukortti.

What to do:

Reserve a place online or by telephone and present your Kaikukortti card at Alma Adult Education Centre’s office during its opening hours before the start of teaching. Please be prepared to prove your identity.

• Alma Adult Education Centre: Raastuvankatu 31, Vaasa (Mon–Fri 8–16)
• Alma Adult Education Centre: Kirkkopuistikko 15, Vaasa (Mon–Thu 10–14)

Please note:

• If you fail to present the card, the standard fee will be charged.
• By registering, you accept our general cancellation terms. If you register for instruction and do not cancel in accordance with our cancellation terms, you will be deemed to have used your entitlement to a free course, and your place will be offered to the next person on the waiting list.

Sibling discount

When several children from the same family participate in basic education in the arts:

• 10% discount for the second child
• 20% discount for the third child
• and similarly for each additional child.

Please note:

• At TaiKon, you can apply for the reduction by stating the grounds for it in the additional information field of the booking system.
• TaiKon will send you a separate invoice with the sibling discounts deducted.

Please note this when applying for the discount

• You cannot pay online if you are entitled to a reduced fee.
• We will send you an invoice.
• A fee reduction cannot be granted after invoicing.