Over 129,000 school graduates to pass unified national test in 2011

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15:59 24.05.2011
text: Kazinform
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Over 129, 000 school graduates are to pass the unified national test in 2011, Vice Minister of Education and Science Serik Irsaliyev has informed of it at a briefing today.

"The unified national test will start on June 4 this year and will last till June 10. This will be the eighth national test in our history. About 1,000,000 school graduates have already passed it in seven years", S. Irsaliyev said.

According to him, this year the unified national test will take place in 154 testing centers. 105 of them are located in rural areas whereas 49 are in universities.

Besides, as the Vice Minister emphasized, the number of graduates willing to pass the test had increased. 129, 471 school graduates are going to pass the test this year that is 81% of the total number of the graduates (85,000 - from the Kazakh schools and 44,000 - from the Russian schools). Last year this index was 78% only.