The Finnish
matriculation examination is the only national test Finns have. This test will
be done every Senior High schools (=Upper Secondary schools) twice a year/season.
More than 35 000 students will join. After three years and this test
students normally graduated in spring. Students have been at school almost 12 years
without national testing. We think that is marvelous thing. Less testing – more
equality.
Matriculation
examination has been very traditional and old fashioned. Since 1850 it has done
with paper and pencil. Something should be done. Finnish National Board of
Education has set a new goal – year 2016 matriculation examination will go
electric. First we start in German, geography and philosophy and year 2019 all
exams will be electrical. It is huge
challenge to schools and administration. We have to solve several matters
before that :
·
how
we found infrastructure (Wi-Fi, electric, wires) at schools ?
·
are
there enough e-books and e-exams before that ?
·
possibility
to use Clouds (Dropbox, GoogleDrive, SkyDrive) ?
·
what
sort of computers are valid (tablets, laptops, PC) ?
·
internal
or external nets in exam ?
·
how
we train our teachers and principals to this change ?
This is also
a huge possibility to step in the front line also in exams. We are looking
forward to start our first e-exam experiments this autumn.
More
information about test here The Matriculation Examination Board of Finland and http://digabi.fi/doku.php?id=start_en
