OREANDA-NEWS The Russian government did not support the bill on the abolition of the Unified State Exam in favor of traditional state exams, one of the authors of the bill, head of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy Yaroslav Nilov (LDPR), told RIA Novosti.

Deputies from the LDPR, KPRF and Fair Russia For Truth factions submitted the document to the lower house in June. The explanatory note notes that due to the Unified State Exam, the number of suicides among teenagers is growing every year, in addition, conducting the exam requires significant expenses from the state. The first deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Education, Yana Lantratova, previously told RIA Novosti that the State Duma plans to consider the bill in the first reading in October.

"The Cabinet did not support it, and we are not going to give up," Nilov said, noting that some decisions have already been made under the influence of harsh criticism that has been this year, and additional ones may be taken for the next control cycle.

The deputy said that he held a meeting with experts who gave their best practices on the topic of reforming the Unified State Exam and is preparing an official appeal to relevant departments.
"I plan to meet with the leadership of Rosobrnadzor next week, to transfer these developments, the concept of reforming the Unified State Exam. And besides, given that Rosobrnadzor is able to conduct testing, which is quite tough, that is, experience that would allow us to test foreign citizens who come here to work, want to get a temporary permit, residence permit or citizenship for knowledge of the Russian language," the parliamentarian said.

According to him, the issue is acute so that the children of foreign citizens in Russian schools know basic Russian and do not lower the level of education of children.
"I plan to submit proposals for the Unified State Exam, to get acquainted with how it is possible remotely, removing direct contact with a person, leaving communication with a machine, artificial intelligence and digital communications, to test for knowledge of the Russian language," Nilov said.