“The finalization with the regions, coordination is underway, and I think by the end of April everyone will already see this new schedule,” he said at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Science and Education, as quoted by TASS.

On February 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, called for improving the mechanism of the Unified State Exam.

The head of state proposed giving graduates a “second chance” and allowing them to choose to retake the Unified State Exam in one of the subjects before the end of the university admissions campaign in order to have time to submit documents taking into account the retake.