School leavers are to choose elective exam subjects by March 1
19 February 2013, Tuesday
At a briefing at the RT Cabinet of ministers First Deputy Minister of education and science Danil Mustafin said that all school leavers who are going to pass the Unified State Exam and State final examination must choose elective exam subjects by March 1. Online broadcast of the briefing was available (www.prav.tatarstan.ru).
Pupils of the 9th form will have five exams: three compulsory (Russian, Maths and Tatar), and two elective subjects. As for pupils of the 11th form, compulsory subjects are Russian and Maths, the number of elective subjects is unlimited.
According to Danil Mustafin, last year 60 pupils were removed from exams for using communication devices, 84 administrative cases were opened in respect of participants of the Unified State Exam.
This year supervision during the Unified State Exam will be carried out in a traditional way with participation of public observers, employees of prosecution bodies and Ministry of the interior, and use of video cameras.
A free training test in Russian and Maths will be held in April. It is carried out by the Ministry of education and science and the Kazan Federal University for the purpose of efficient training for the Unified State Exam.
Danil Mustafin informed about holding of the Internet forum within the framework of cooperation with the Kazan Federal University. People involved in organisation of the Unified State Exam and members of subject commissions usually participate in this annual traditional event.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.
On 2 March in her address on the occasion of the Mentor’s Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: “Since 2025 this holiday established by Russian President Vladimir Putin has occupied a worthy place in the calendar of significant dates of our country, emphasizing the high status and significance of the mentoring mission.
On 28 February, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Director of the Fund “The Institute of Development of Tatarstan Cities” Nailya Nagumanova informed about preparation to the implementation of the Our Yard programme in the republic.