“This decision has already been made - we are now creating a working group, and the Russian Academy of Sciences supports us,” the Moscow news agency quoted him as saying.

As explained Kravtsov, the implementation of such a measure would be useful for assessing the knowledge gained in IT-classes. The exam, he said, is likely to be voluntary.

Earlier, the TV channel "360" reported that in the Moscow region from February 15 to 28 there will be an All-Russian action "United parents to pass the unified state examination".