The State Duma has introduced a bill on passing in five regions only two subjects at the USE

State Duma deputies have proposed allowing only two subjects to be compulsory after grade 9 instead of four as part of a temporary pilot project in five regions. The bill was posted on January 17 in the electronic database of the lower house of the Russian parliament.

"In accordance with the norm of the bill, in order to receive a document on basic general education (certificate) it is necessary to successfully pass GIA-9 only in two compulsory academic subjects - "Russian language" and "Mathematics", and not in four, as it is provided by the current order of the state final certification on educational programs of basic general education", - stated in the explanatory note.

It is also proposed to test a new procedure for enrolling applicants in secondary vocational education programs at the expense of regional and local budgets.

As one of the authors of the initiative, member of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Artur Taymazov noted, such an order of state final certification is proposed to be introduced this year in five subjects of the Russian Federation, including North Ossetia. The bill, he said, will reduce the burden on students and give more young people the opportunity to receive secondary vocational education.

"The project is a pilot, after the implementation of the trial period will necessarily be given an assessment of the effectiveness of this approach and the need for its further dissemination," the deputy wrote in his Telegram channel.

On December 11, 2024, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Rosobrnadzor approved the schedule of the main state examination (OGE) for 2025. Thus, the exams of the early period of the OGE in 2025 will begin on April 22, and the main period - May 21 and 22.

Prior to that, on December 1, expert Marina Stepanova expressed the opinion that the abolition of the USE for college entrance would be difficult to implement. At the same time, she called the idea of leaving only two compulsory exams after the ninth grade a good one.