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KAPOS Badges

National Basic Skills Competency Badges, or KAPOS Badges

KAPOS badges help identify, recognize, and highlight broad competencies. The badges focus on basic skills needed in everyday life, as well as in studies and work. The Finnish National Agency for Education has defined the national badge competency goals and assessment criteria, which can be found here Competency Badges – ePerusteet. Badges can be completed at institutions of liberal adult education. With the customer’s consent, a successful completion is recorded in the Koski data repository, and the customer can view their badge in the Oma Opintopolku service, from where it can be added, for example, to a CV.

Themes of Competency Badges

  • Learning Skills
  • Text Skills
  • Numeracy and Financial Skills
  • Interaction and Workplace Well-being Skills
  • Digital Skills
  • Sustainability Competence

Autumn 2025 KAPOS Courses

Here’s how you can complete KAPOS badges at Auralan Adult Education Center:

  1. Register for a course that mentions the possibility of completing a KAPOS badge/badges in its description.
  2. At the start of the course, the teacher will explain the competency goals and assessment criteria related to the badge/badges for that course.
  3. Decide if you want to complete the badge/badges, and inform the teacher, preferably by the second class session.
  4. You will receive an email invitation to sign a consent form authorizing Auralan Adult Education Center to record your completion in the Koski data repository.
  5. The teacher will assess your performance according to national criteria, and a successful completion will be recorded in Koski within two weeks of completion.
  6. Check the Oma Opintopolku service to ensure the badge is visible there. You can copy the badge, for example, to your own CV.

A student can cancel their assessment request during the course with the assessing teacher. In this case, the consent for recording the completion in the national Koski register (Oma Opintopolku) is also canceled.

A student can request a reassessment from the principal within two months of receiving the information. The student can demand a correction to the new assessment or decision rejecting the request from the Regional State Administrative Agency within 14 days of receiving the decision.

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