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The Law On The Organisation Of The Matriculation Examination Of The

Original Language Title: Laki ylioppilastutkinnon järjestämisestä

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Law governing the baccalaureate

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

ARTICLE 1
Secondary school-leaving certificate and compulsory examinations

A student who learns a high school learning syllabus is taking part in the baccalaureate to complete the examination. The other person's right to complete examination is provided separately.

The baccalaureate is carried out in Finnish or Swedish. The examinations included in the Baccalaureation are written. They may include oral tasks.

Mandatory tests of the study are the test of the mother tongue and the tests to which the participant chooses to be compulsory in high school (629/1998) A group of tests referred to in paragraph 2.

ARTICLE 2
Test of mother tongue, tests according to two different levels and foreign language testing

The test of Finnish, Swedish and Sami is arranged as a test of the English language. In Finnish and Swedish, in addition to tests for Finnish and Swedish languages, tests may be carried out using Finnish or Swedish as a second language.

In the case of mathematics and the second domestic language, tests are organised according to two different levels. Two different levels of tests may be carried out in foreign languages.

The baccalaureation committee, as referred to in Article 18b of the High School Act, decides which foreign languages are to be conducted and where two different levels of tests are organised in the languages.

ARTICLE 3
Organisation of experiments

Experiment examinations are carried out at the same time twice a year in upper secondary education institutions. (22/1229)

The organisation of examinations and tests shall be carried out by the principal in charge of the activities referred to in Article 30 (1) of the High School Act.

§ 4
Conditions for participation in trials

Participation in the baccalaureate requires that, prior to participation in the examination, the upper secondary school syllabus must have completed the compulsory courses of the hourly rate, as referred to in Article 10 of the High School Act, in the substance for which he/she Involved. In the case of a test substance in which there is no compulsory course, the secondary school syllabus can take part in a two-substance study course. If a foreign language test is based on a number of non-compulsory courses, the school syllabus will be able to take part in the test after studying three courses.

The principal task of the principal is to examine whether or not a candidate fulfils the conditions for participation in trials.

A decision by the principal may, for a specific reason, also take part in a high school syllabus, which has not studied the syllabus referred to in paragraph 1, but which may otherwise be considered to have sufficient conditions for the performance of the test.

Participants in the investigation and those participating in the tests shall be invited to take part in this law.

§ 5
Registration for tests

The pledge shall be made in writing for each examination and for the examination by the high school principal at the latest on the day determined by the Baccalaureate. When notifying the test, the level of complexity of the test shall be indicated and whether or not he/she carries out the test as compulsory or additional. The choice of the test to be compulsory or extra is binding on the whole examination. The selection level for the test shall be binding for the entire examination, unless the level is interchangeable for the reason referred to in Article 6 (2).

The registration approved by the principal may be withdrawn in writing at the latest on the date of expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 1. The Baccalaureation Board may, for a particularly weighty reason, approve the notification at the end of the period.

The Baccalaureate may, upon application, be able to invalidate the binding registration of an examination or a separate test for the examination. The test for which the registration has been declared null and void shall not be counted as the performance of the test substance. If the registration is invalidated and the probate has not taken part in the test, the test shall not be recovered or the fee recovered shall be returned to the period prescribed by the panel. The Baccalaureation may also, on application, be able to accept the information contained in the notification of the amendment if there is a demonstrable error in the notification.

ARTICLE 6
Secondary school-leaving certificate

A 'baccalaureation' may include only one examination in the same subject. A mother tongue test may be a Finnish or Swedish second language test if the candidate's own mother tongue is not Finnish, Swedish or obtained, or if the probie is sign language as a mother tongue or a first language. A test of the second domestic language may be carried out by Swedish or Finnish, in the language of the language of the Swedish or Finnish language, instead of an experiment based on Swedish or Finnish language.

At least one degree of compulsory examination shall be a more demanding test within the meaning of Article 2 (2) or a test of the mother tongue completed in the second domestic language. The Decree of the Council of State provides for the possibility of a change in the level of complexity of the test when the compulsory examination of the examination has been rejected.

The baccalaureate shall be completed when the probie has successfully completed the required tests. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down by the Baccalaureate, the examination shall be carried out, without prejudice to the criteria laid down by the Baccalaureate, where, according to the criteria laid down by the baccalaureate, the examiner does not deny the The marking of the grade.

Where a test is deemed to have been interrupted and rejected pursuant to Article 10 or rejected pursuant to Article 11, the examination shall not apply to the above paragraph, as provided for in paragraph 3, without prejudice to an 'rejected' qualification.

§ 7
Time for the completion of the baccalaureate

The baccalaureate must be completed for a maximum of three consecutive examinations. The decree of the Council of State provides for the possibility of carrying out a qualification within a longer period of time when the compulsory examination is rejected or the completion of the examination is suspended.

If the trainee has not completed a degree within the limits of the diplomas provided for in paragraph 1 or within a longer period of time provided for under paragraph 1, the examinations carried out shall not constitute an examination of the baccalaureate or may be included in the baccalaureate. The course of the investigation can then start over.

The Baccalaureate may, upon application, be able to decide on the application that the trainee may, in the course of the examination, start from the beginning of the examination.

§ 8
Review of the test results

The test results shall be carried out by the teacher and final examiner of the relevant substance in the high school education institution. If the educational establishment does not have a teacher of the subject in question, who could criticise the performance, the initial criticism is not made.

The tests to be carried out shall be governed by the Council Regulation. Depending on the decision of the Baccalaureate, the examination may also give a more detailed assessment of the grade.

If a candidate's mother tongue is other than the language in which he carries out a degree or a separate examination, or a candidate's mother tongue, other than the language in which he performs the test of the mother tongue, or the test of a test, has been weakened by any other special , the baccalaureate may be taken into account by the baccalaureate.

§ 9
Completion of the study and conduct of separate tests

In accordance with Article 6 (3) of the baccalaureate, the person who has completed the examination may be able to complete the examination of the examination of subjects which are not included in the examination carried out by him and to test subjects which are at different levels than those of The examinations carried out by him include the examinations of the same subjects.

A person who has not completed a baccalaureate may carry out the examinations carried out separately. Separate tests do not constitute a baccalaureate and cannot be included in the examination.

ARTICLE 10
Interrupted test

If the person who enrolled in the test does not appear before the test, or does not leave the test to be criticised, the examination shall be deemed to be interrupted and rejected.

ARTICLE 11
Penalties for fraudulent conduct and breach of order

Mr Kokelas, who is guilty of fraudulent behaviour or attempted fraud, or is in flagrant breach of the order, is deprived of his right to take part in the examinations in question. The tests to which the trainee is registered at the same examination shall be deemed to have been rejected.

Before prescribing the penalty referred to in paragraph 1, the probationary shall be informed of the offence in which he is suspected, he shall be heard in the presence of the witness and any other necessary statement shall be obtained. The decision shall be notified with evidence to the candidate concerned.

The decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall be taken by the principal of the high school. The principal has the right to receive assistance from the police in order to clarify the matter.

ARTICLE 12
Certificate of examination and certificate of conduct

The baccalaureate certificate shall be awarded to a candidate who, as provided for in Articles 6 and 7, has obtained a degree and is awarded a high school diploma or certificate for the completion of a basic vocational qualification, and to a person who has participated in the An examination pursuant to Article 18a (1) of the High School Act and the examination provided for in Articles 6 and 7 above.

The decree of the Council of State lays down which marks are to be entered in the baccalaureate, the date of the examination of the diploma and the other certificates to be issued by the Baccalaureate.

The issue of the licences referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be subject to the payment of the fees for participation in the diplomas and tests.

ARTICLE 13
Appeals against the decision of the frat panel

Appeal against the decision of the School of Appeal by appeal to the Helsinki Administrative Court, as in the case of administrative law (18/06/1996) , unless otherwise provided otherwise in the law.

The decision of the baccalaureate, which has been criticized, shall not be subject to appeal. The outcome of the review review referred to in Article 14 shall not be subject to appeal.

ARTICLE 14
Review Review

The decision of the Baccalaureate, which has been criticised, shall be subject to review by the Board of Appeal. The application may be made by a probate, a parent under the age of 18 years of age, or a teacher who has been highly critical of the test. The review review does not lead to a grade below the original grade and does not give rise to a lower than the original of the criticism referred to in Article 8 (2).

An application for review review shall be submitted to the high school principal within 14 days of the date on which the participant in the test has had the opportunity to obtain the result of the review in person. The baccalaureate sets out the review review to deliver critics, none of whom have previously criticised the subject of the test. There must be at least two critics.

The decree of the Council of State provides for the issue of a certificate of baccalaureate and another certificate referred to in Article 12 (2), where a review review is applied for, as well as the notification of the outcome of the review.

§ 15
Appeals to the principal's decision

The decision of the principal of the High School in which the principal has refused to participate in a baccalaureate or an examination of it shall be subject to a written request from the Regional Administrative Agency. The decision of the Regional Administrative Office in the case referred to in this paragraph shall be appealed against by the administrative court as provided for in the Administrative Law. (22.12.2009/1452)

The decision by which the principal of the high school has ordered the penalty referred to in Article 11 (1) shall be appealed to the Administrative Court. The decision shall be implemented in spite of the complaint, unless the appeal authority does not prohibit enforcement.

The decision referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be taken within 14 days of the notification of the decision. The appeal is otherwise in force as laid down in the administrative law. Complaints should be treated as a matter of urgency.

If the decision referred to in paragraph 2 is repealed, the registration of the tests to which the person has remained unattended after the principal's decision shall be annulled and the fees shall be reimbursed. The administrative court or the Supreme Administrative Court may, when approving the appeal, decide that the trainee may start from the beginning of the examination.

ARTICLE 16
Access to information

The baccalaureate shall have the right to receive, free of charge, the information necessary for the organisation and criticism of tests carried out by the organisers of high school education.

§ 17
Some degrees equivalent to the degree of undergraduate qualifications

The completion of the International Baccalaureate, the Reifeprüfung examination and the European School of the Baccalaureate are the same as those of Article 18 of the High School Act and the completion of this law.

ARTICLE 18
More detailed provisions

The decree of the Council of State may provide more specific provisions for the implementation of this law.

§ 19
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.

This law repeals the baccalaureate Decree of 21 November 1994. 1000/1994) With its subsequent modifications. However, the provisions of Article 11 (2) of the Regulation are complied with, as they have been in Regulation 733/2002, for the end of 2007, which, in accordance with the secondary school curriculum, is not a compulsory subject in primary education. Of the second domestic language, which started before 1 September 2004, or which, pursuant to Article 13 (1) (2) of the High School Act, was exempt from the study of a second domestic language in high school. Tests carried out pursuant to this paragraph may be renewed according to the provisions on the renewal of approved and rejected tests.

The other provisions of the Law on the Baccalaureate, as referred to in the baccalaureate, are covered by Article 18 of the High School Act and the entry into force of this Act as an examination of the university diploma referred to in this Act.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to enforce the law.

THEY 31/2005 , SiVM 9/2005 EV 95/2005

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

22.12.2006/1229:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 248/2006 , SiVM 17/2006, EV 235/2006

22.12.2009/14:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 161/2009 , HVM 18/2009, EV 205/2009