Unified state examMOSCOW, Jan 25The attitude of the majority of Russians towards the Unified State Examination (USE) remains negative: 60% of citizens are in favor of its abolition, and 7% unambiguously support it, according to a study by the Otkritie bank, which is available to RIA Novosti. The topic of the USE has been widely discussed even after the recent statements by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin that the exam should be canceled, since it is akin to torture for schoolchildren. Bastrykin proposed to revive the best in the world, in his opinion, the Soviet school of education. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov then said that Bastrykin has a broad outlook and has his own personal opinion, and regulation in this area, listening to different positions, is carried out by the ministries of education and education. «Although the Unified State Exam is the only form of final exams at school and the main form of admission to universities in Russia for almost 13 years, the attitude of the majority of our fellow citizens towards it remains negative. Only 7% called themselves unambiguous supporters of the USE, believing that it helps to objectively assess knowledge, «analysts found out. According to them, every fourth citizen has a normal attitude towards the USE, because «everyone is already used to it.» «According to 60% of respondents, the USE should be abolished. Most of his opponents are in the North Caucasus (75%), the least in Moscow and Moscow region (55%),» the study says. Another 7% of Russians said they were indifferent to the USE. The bank conducted a study on January 13-19, 2022 on a representative sample of 1,000 Russians aged 18-65 in cities with a population of more than 100,000 people. Decisions on the need to adjust the approved schedule of the OGE and the Unified State Examination will depend on the epidemiological situation, the press service of the department reported to RIA Novosti in mid-January. criticized the idea to computerize the exam
