Point in the debate around the campaign’s start date for the unified state exam in Russia was put by the President Vladimir Putin. The exam will begin on June 29, announced the head of state during a meeting on education with the relevant Ministers. Exam in 2020 will take only the seniors who plan to enroll in universities, and the subjects required for admission. The Ministry of education assured that the University will be able to hold the opening campaign in a short time and the school year will start on 1 September.
the fact that the exam in 2020 will start on 29 June, on Thursday said President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on education with the relevant Ministers. We will remind, the start date of passing the state exam has been moved due epidemic coronavirus from late may to 8 June.
Later Minister of education Sergey Kravtsov explained in an interview with “Kommersant” that the unified state examination this year will be, “when it is safe for children and teachers.”
In early may, the head of the Ministry of health of Russia Mikhail Murashko, Recalling the epidemiological situation, said that the unified state exam needs to be moved to the end of the summer: “In June just can not be guided. If the situation will allow, possibly this August-September.”
Respondents ‘ b ‘ experts feared that the conduct of the exam at the end of the summer will be deprived of parents, children and teachers of vacation and the beginning of the academic year for first-year students in universities can move in November.
the Certificate graduates will receive the scores at the end of the year, until June 15. For ninth graders will be canceled this year OGE. Note about such a scenario previously stated in Ministry of education.
the head of the Agency Sergey Kravtsov said that the exam will be conducted in compliance with strict sanitary regulations: “the items on the exam will be equipped with personal protective equipment. Seating arrangements of participants in the classroom will be organized with respect of the distance not less than 1.5 m From all the input, will check the temperature.”
we will Note, earlier in Rosobrnadzor said that examinations in July “inappropriate” because they can survive the consequences of the situation with coronavirus. As previously reported by “Kommersant”, the Agency has developed several variants of the exam, in particular, it is recommended to consider the possibility of unified state examination in the period from 4 to 25 August and from 11 to 31 August.
the exam on the Russian language is planned for two days. Previously, experts of the “Kommersant” expressed the fear that in this case the answers of the exam “can be applied to the Internet.” However, Rosobrnadzor “b” was assured that “enough options”: “Prepared earlier variants of examination tasks for exams in all subjects will remain confidential. The key to the deciphering of the examination specifiediy points of the exams will receive immediately prior to the exam.”
Later in Rosobrnadzor said tentative dates for the exam:
“In this chart, the enrollment in universities will take place in a shorter time than usual, but the academic year universities are set to begin on 1 September,” said Mr Falkov.
According to him, applicants can apply for admission to the University with the necessary documents in electronic form using University resources or with the help of service “Admission to universities online.”
As previously reported by “Kommersant”, such a scenario is ready many universities, however, the creative heads of schools said that some of the entrance tests can be made only in person.
From coronavirus schools and higher education institutions from mid-March this year had to go to the distance learning format. Thus in the Ministry of education are already preparing for the new school year, which as hope in the Ministry, students “will meet for their party in traditional terms.” “We also planned to prepare, — said the head of the Ministry Valery Falkov.— I’d like to note that we in the new academic year we organize additional verification of students ‘knowledge after the training in the second semester of the current academic year”.
Anna Vasilieva
