This approach is also supported by the President of the Russian Academy of Education, Olga Vasilyeva.
"I have repeated many times that the result of school education is the result that a child achieves in all subjects, and not just those that he chose on the Unified State Exam. A mechanism is needed that would take into account all the achievements of a graduate, his abilities and talents as a whole, which the Unified State Exam cannot fully provide for now," the RAO President is convinced.
The introduction of an integrated assessment, according to Olga Vasilyeva, is a very reasonable idea that requires comprehensive discussion and consideration – primarily as an additional tool that allows for the assessment of a graduate’s achievements and abilities as a whole.
On January 12, 2025, the media reported that the Unified State Exam might be modified or cancelled altogether in the near future. The head of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy, Yaroslav Nilov, told journalists that the process of abandoning the Unified State Exam had already begun .
"As an ardent opponent of the Unified State Exam, I am convinced japan mobile database that a new format for assessing schoolchildren's knowledge will appear in Russia, which will be based on the best aspects of the Unified State Exam, the Soviet education system, and the Russian one."
Yaroslav Nilov
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy
This news caused a great public outcry, but already on January 13, a statement was published by the head of Rosobrnadzor : "There is no talk of canceling the Unified State Exam in the coming years." Anzor Musayev recommended that graduates continue to prepare for the Unified State Exam and find out information about the exams from official sources: Rosobrnadzor and the Federal Institute for Pedagogical Measurements.
At the same time, the head of Rosobrnadzor has repeatedly stated that "the department is ready to continue working on improving certification so that it meets all the current challenges of our time." Perhaps, over time, some innovations will be introduced into the Unified State Exam - but it is obvious that there is no talk of any radical changes in the near future.