Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on the issue of readiness to conduct the state final certification (SFC) for basic general and secondary general education programs in 2025.
Its participants discussed the readiness of the subjects of the Russian Federation, including border territories and reunited regions, to conduct the Unified State Exam, Basic State Exam, and State Final Exam.
Dmitry Chernyshenko noted that, on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin, changes were made to the federal basic general education programs. They will come into force on September 1, 2025. The main and unified state exams are synchronized with the programs.
“Based on many years of accumulated experience, we see that competent organization of the exam at the local level is an important condition for good results. Over the past two years, according to the results of monitoring, Novosibirsk, Belgorod, Tambov and Leningrad regions, the Altai Republic, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Republic of Tatarstan, the federal cities of Sevastopol and Moscow have demonstrated a stable exemplary level of conducting the examination campaign. The heads of the regions must take personal control of key issues related to the conduct of the state final certification,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
At the request of the Belgorod Region, in connection with the current situation, two additional days for exams were added to the Unified State Exam schedule: in mathematics – May 26, in Russian language – May 29. Graduates from the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, individual schools in border regions, as well as children who moved from these regions, can take the final assessment in the form of an interim assessment.
“We believe that the early period of the Unified State Exam was held in the normal mode. On May 23, the main stage of the Unified State Exam will begin in all 89 regions of Russia and 55 foreign countries. Traditionally, the exam procedure itself requires special control. For this purpose, over 300 thousand specialized specialists, more than 6 thousand medical workers and about 40 thousand public observers will be involved in the examination centers. Since 2024, on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin, graduates have the right to retake the Unified State Exam in one subject. This year, such retakes will take place on July 3 and 4,” said Dmitry Chernyshenko.
All results of the State Final Attestation are necessarily entered into the federal information system.
In conclusion, the Deputy Prime Minister paid special attention to the need to establish prompt interdepartmental cooperation with education authorities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Energy, the Russian National Guard and the media for the smooth conduct of examination and admissions campaigns.
“Our system is generally ready to conduct both the Unified State Exam and the Main State Exam. The main period of the OGE starts on May 21, and the main period of the USE starts on May 23. It is important that the order of the President of Russia on synchronizing programs and exam assignments has been fulfilled, they do not go beyond the educational program, and calendar-thematic planning has been included in the programs,” said Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov.
The head of the Ministry of Education noted that in 2025, an experiment to expand the availability of secondary vocational education will be conducted in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Lipetsk region. By the end of May, the ministry will develop regulations for taking into account the results of control procedures (USE, OGE, VPR, diagnostic work) in the educational process. In June, the document will be sent to the subjects.
The Minister of Education added that the share of those choosing the Unified State Exam in mathematical and natural science subjects will be 35% by 2030, with the planned figure for 2025 being 32%.
Head of Rosobrnadzor Anzor Muzaev said that this year over 712 thousand people have registered to participate in the Unified State Exam, of which over 637 thousand are this year’s graduates. He focused the special attention of regional executive authorities on monitoring the technical readiness of all examination points, the readiness of the organizers, as well as ensuring the safety of all exam participants and those involved in their conduct.
The head of Rosobrnadzor separately focused on this year’s changes. “This year, work was carried out to synchronize control measurement materials with federal state educational standards and federal educational programs. This is the President’s order, and it has been fulfilled,” said Anzor Muzaev.
Rosobrnadzor also took into account a number of comments from members of the public and the deputy corps regarding the procedure for conducting the Unified State Exam. “We held a broad discussion and implemented these proposals in 2025. Rosobrnadzor’s methodological recommendations include detailed instructions for persons involved in admitting exam participants to exam points, as well as instructions for setting up stationary and portable metal detectors. We proposed actively involving parents of students, including representatives of parent committees, to monitor compliance with the rights of graduates during their admission and presence at exam points,” said Anzor Muzaev.
Another innovation of the 2025 examination campaign is the ability to promptly report information about any violations in the Unified State Exam directly to Rosobrnadzor via the feedback platform on the public services portal. Each examination point has posters with a QR code, which can be used to send this information directly to a Rosobrnadzor employee so that any problems that arise are resolved as quickly as possible.
Representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian National Guard and all regions of Russia also took part in the meeting. Representatives of border regions separately reported on their readiness to conduct the state final certification: Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region – Minister of Education of the Belgorod Region Andrey Milekhin, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kursk Region Oksana Krutko, Acting Deputy Governor of the Bryansk Region Denis Amelichev.
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