Government bills10
- HE 31/2025 vpPassed
Merging education and culture agencies
The separate agencies operating under the Ministry of Education and Culture will be merged into five larger agencies from the beginning of 2026. The reform will clarify administration and bring together bodies carrying out similar tasks.
25 Jun 2025 · 5 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion 4
106 jaa51 ei - HE 35/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising qualifications register and student places
The register of completed competence-based qualifications will be centralised under the Finnish National Agency for Education, and opportunities for experimentation will be expanded. In addition, the ministry will be able to reduce the official student quotas of vocational institutions on its own initiative in 2016–2017.
14 Jun 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jukka Gustafsson
101 jaa60 ei - HE 192/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding the use of learner IDs
The use of the learner ID will be expanded so that it can be used as a general identifier in all early childhood education and care and teaching activities instead of the personal identity code. At the same time, the study attainments and qualifications of the European School of Helsinki will be incorporated into the national data repository for education.
14 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 31/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring evaluation and examination bodies
The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre and the secretariat of the Matriculation Examination Board will be transferred to become separate units within the Finnish National Agency for Education from the beginning of 2018. The Finnish National Agency for Education will provide the administrative and support services for the units, but the actual evaluation and examination duties of the units will remain independent.
2 Jun 2017 · 1 vote102 jaa62 ei - HE 76/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing a continuous learning service centre
A new Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment will be established in Finland to align adult education with the needs of the labour market. The centre will anticipate workforce competence needs and fund supplementary education and training aimed at the working-age population.
24 Jun 2021 · 2 votes32 jaa22 ei - HE 19/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Recording liberal adult education in Koski
Studies completed at adult education centres, folk high schools or elsewhere in liberal adult education could be recorded in the national Koski study database. This will make the skills acquired by students visible and make them easier to utilise in job seeking and further studies.
26 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 99/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding access to education evaluation data
The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre will obtain the right to receive confidential information needed for its evaluations free of charge. This will enable reliable evaluation of, for example, learning outcomes and equality among pupils receiving special support.
6 Mar 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 72/2017 vpPassed with amendments
National register for study records
A national data repository and online service will be created in Finland, allowing citizens and authorities to see completed studies in basic education, general upper secondary education and vocational education and training in one place. The reform will speed up applications for study places and benefits and remove the need to submit paper certificates.
29 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Merging the Finnish National Agency for Education and CIMO
The Finnish National Agency for Education and the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) will be merged into a single agency. The new agency will be responsible for the previous duties of both in developing education and international cooperation.
23 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 36/2016 vpPassed
Abolishing higher education application fees
Applicants to higher education institutions will no longer be charged a separate processing fee when applying on the basis of studies completed outside the EU or EEA. The application process will become free of charge before tuition fees for students from outside the EU and EEA enter into force.
20 May 2016 · passed without a vote