8510 Pre-primary education


Corresponding CPA codes

  • 85.10.1 Pre-primary education services
  • 85.10.10 Pre-primary education services

    This subcategory includes:

    • education services usually provided by nursery schools, kindergartens, pre-schools, centres for early childhood education, centres for infant education or special sections attached to primary schools.

    Pre-primary education (ISCED Level 0) is defined as the initial stage of organised instruction designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment, that is, to provide a bridge between the home and a school-based atmosphere.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • services related to the provision of special education programmes at this educational level

    This subcategory excludes:

    • day camps for children, see 55.30.12
    • child day-care services, see 88.91.1