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The Unified State Exam with Us? What Will Happen Next with the Bill to Cancel the Unified State Exam
Let us recall that at the beginning of the summer, deputies of several Duma factions introduced a bill to the State Duma to abolish the Unified State Exam. The author's argumentation is as follows: The content of the Unified State Exam is divorced from the school curriculum, the Unified State Exam is stressful, and the Unified State Exam is a test that cannot determine the level of knowledge.
All summer long, teachers, parents and experts “fought” for their truth.
For example, the National Parents' Association considered the agent's initiative justified. "Families have to hire tutors, the entire educational process is aimed at preparing for the Unified State Exam, and traditional school life has faded into the background. "I've been thinking about how to pass the Unified National Exam since I was almost a freshman." The Association proposed separating university entrance exams from final school exams. That is, returning the "ticket" exam format to schools and keeping the Unified State Exam as an entrance exam to a university.
However, the opinion of Viktor Bolotov, who is called the "father of the Unified State Exam", is as follows: It was he, as Deputy Minister of Education in the early 2000s, who initiated the Unified National Exams. "Children's" disease. The exam has begun. I was a teenager, but now I am a young man. Yes, some complain that it is difficult, but the tasks of the Unified State Exam today should not be easy. We are beginning to seriously question not only subject knowledge, but also the development of universal competencies, such as critical thinking."
For those who criticize the Unified State Exam, especially those who say that today's American state exams are a "guessing game" with checkboxes, Viktor Bolotov suggests going to the FIPI website and looking at the options for at least one subject. Feel the level, so to speak.
In a recent interview with RG, the president of RAO commented: We have not yet seen a real alternative to the Unified State Exam.
"How fair is it to tell people who have been preparing for the Unified State Exam for the last 10 years that everything will be different now? Not only does this cause additional stress because of the Unified State Exam, but you also love being criticized so much?" Vasilyeva shared her opinion as follows: "Moreover, if our school refuses to take the Unified State Exam and takes 12 final exams, teachers will cope with it. For almost two decades, colleges have not accepted entrance tests in such a volume, with the exception of creative additional tests. "Who needs a paid preparatory course to enter college?"
In September, it was reported that the government did not support the bill to abolish the unified civil service exam. Now the document has been rejected by the relevant State Duma committee. What's next?
According to the procedure, the bill still needs to be considered at a plenary session of the State Duma. Initially, it was planned to hold it in October, but the exact date is still unknown.
As the State Duma Committee on Education told RG, there is a high probability that the bill will also be rejected at the plenary session.