An oral history exam will be added to Russian ninth-graders


March 3 17:30
Starting from the 2027-2028 academic year in Russia, 9th grade students will take an oral history exam. As the Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov said at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Historical Education, it will become an admission to the main exam.
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Let us remind you that schoolchildren are already undergoing interviews in the Russian language. Now history will be added to them. The exams will be held in January-April, TASS reports.
As Kravtsov explained, the oral format will complement the existing historical essay on the Unified State Exam, allowing students to comprehensively test their knowledge.
The introduction of a new form of final certification was announced in advance so that teachers and students had time to prepare.
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