To register children in a nursery, you can contact the nursery of choice. The municipality or a governmental service – such as 'Kind & Gezin' in Flandres and ‘Office de la Naissance et de l’Enfance’ in Brussels and Wallonia – keep records of existing day-care centres and can be consulted to aid in the search for a suitable day-care centre.

Ukrainian children can go to kindergartens and schools in Belgium after registering in municipalities.

Kindergarten accepts children under the age of 3. They are paid, but the cost is calculated according to the income of each individual family.

Children go to school in Belgium at the age of 2.5-3, it is free. Schools offer integration programs designed specifically for foreign-speaking children.

Like all children in Belgium, children seeking for asylum are subject to compulsory education. Children up to the age of 12 attend primary schools close to where they stay and, if possible, join regular classes. Children that go to secondary school usually first follow a specific education for a while where they receive intensive language lessons and then switch to regular education.

Note that even if your child requires special educational needs, you have free choice of school. Like other types of education, special needs education in Brussels is the remit of the French and Flemish Communities.

The French Community’s website explains the various types of primary and secondary special needs education types of primary and secondary special needs education (FR). It also publishes a directory of institutions (FR) in the Brussels-Capital Region.

The Flemish Community website devotes a whole section to primary special needs education (NL), with a directory of schools and another to secondary special needs education (NL).

If you want to enrol a child during the school year, you should ask the school if they still have a free place available. The municipality and CPAS of your place of residence will provide all the information you need.

Each region has started initiatives for children's education. For example, in Brussels:

• children from 3 to 12 years, a school located Rue de Cureghem has opened 3 classes for Ukrainian children. For more information, you can call 00322 509 15 60 from Monday to Friday between 8:30 am and 12 pm. The other schools also welcome children on request so you can contact a school close to where you reside.
• For children from 12 to 18 years, Secondary schools welcome children on request.

List of schools

Dutch-language schools

If your child are in danger or need urgent medical care, call the emergency numbers 101 or 112.

You can go to a doctor, a peduatrician or the hospital (in case of ermergency).

Most of the Belgian universities put in place FAQ for Ukrainians students. In addition some universities offer assistance for Ukrainian residents (for example the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Université Catholique de Louvain).

For specific information, we recommend visiting the website of the university you are interested in.

Depending on the region, the university teaches in French, Dutch or German. Also some educational programs in English.

You can find information about the TOEFL test here and the IELTS test here .