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 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.
On 3 January on the errand from the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situations and ensuring fire safety of the republic , held an urgent meeting of the Commission which discussed readiness of forces and means to ensure security during the New Year and Christmas holidays.