Before entering school proper, most children in Finland have already gone through one of the best infant-care systems in Europe. Nursery and preschool education in that country is based on a law dating from 1973. More than 50 per cent of children under the age of six benefit from this facility, and roughly 95 per cent of all six-year-olds receive preschool teaching. Most Finnish children learn basic social accomplishments in crèches and kindergartens, many of which have close links with schools that are either in the same locality or are close in the sense that the transition from one to the other is a logical continuation. In recent times, one can observe a process in which schools and day-care facilities are grouped together in larger ensembles.