Request for Administrative Review

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A decision by the Matriculation Examination Board on the assessment of a test performance may be appealed by submitting a request for administrative review to the Board. The fee for submitting a request is 60 euros. The fee will be refunded if the request results in an increase in the score.

You may submit a request for administrative review for only one test using a single application. If you wish to request a review of the assessment of several tests, a separate request must be submitted for each test. In the mother tongue and literature test, a request for administrative review of the assessments of the reading literacy test and the writing skills test may be submitted in a single application.

Who may submit a request for administrative review?

  • The candidate
  • The guardian of a candidate under 18
  • An authorised representative appointed by the candidate with a power of attorney

When can a request for administrative review be submitted?

  • A request for administrative review may be submitted within 14 days of the date on which the candidate (and, in the case of a candidate under 18, their guardian) has had the opportunity to be informed of the assessment result and to view the assessed test performance.

How to submit a request for administrative review?

  • A request for administrative review is submitted primarily via the online service at kokelas.ylioppilastutkinto.fi.
  • Log in to the service
    • using your online banking credentials or
    • a mobile certificate.
  • Complete the request for administrative review form. Attachments cannot be added to the form.
  • Once you have completed the form, go to your online bank to pay the fee.
  • After making the payment, return to the request form. You will receive an on-screen confirmation that your request has been submitted.
  • In case you encounter any problems related to requests for administrative review, contact the Board.
  • You may also submit a request for administrative review by registered letter, by encrypted email, or by another secure method. If necessary, contact lautakunta@ylioppilastutkinto.fi.

What should be taken into account when submitting a request for administrative review?

  • Review your own answer and the scores you received for the different tasks. You can view your assessed test performance in the My Studyinfo service.
  • Familiarise yourself carefully with the features of a good answer and the subject-specific regulations.
  • Target your request for administrative review at a specific task or tasks and explain what error you believe has occurred in the assessment of the task or tasks and how it should be corrected. Any potential error will be considered in the review only to the extent specified in your request and its grounds. In your reasoning, it is advisable to focus on explaining why, in your view, the score does not correspond to the features of a good answer. As a rule, the features of a good answer are no longer revised at the stage of administrative review, as different cases have already been taken into account in the censors’ meeting.
  • The purpose of the administrative review is not to re-assess the entire test but to correct a possible error. Therefore, you cannot request that the test be re-assessed in full.

Consideration of circumstances that adversely affect test performance in assessment

  • You may also request administrative review in the case of an error in how a circumstance that adversely affects your test performance has been taken into account. However, the score awarded for a test can be increased on the basis of such a circumstance only if the test is otherwise to be graded as failed. Read more about the consideration of circumstances that adversely affect test performance in assessment.