“If someone proposes another mechanism for assessing the knowledge of schoolchildren, objective, most importantly, independent, then we will, of course, be happy to consider and discuss it,” Kravtsov quotes TASS with a message made on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

However, at the same time, he said that at the moment the department has no plans to replace the Unified State Exam with alternative mechanisms for assessing the knowledge of schoolchildren.

Earlier, according to the results of a survey of the SuperJob job search service, it became known that about 70% of Russians have a negative attitude towards the USE and believe that it should be canceled.