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 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.