Centralized Testing (CT) centres will begin issuing certificates to applicants from July 9

9 July, Minsk /BELTA/. Today, testing centres are starting to issue certificates of centralised testing, which took place on the main and reserve days, to applicants. This was reported to BELTA correspondent by Nikolai Feskov, Director of the Republican Institute for Knowledge Control. The RIKZ has completed the verification of tests and has already handed over all certificates to the testing centres. Nikolai Feskov noted that this year two female applicants received 100 points twice. "This year, two applicants scored 100 points in two subjects of the CT – Tatiana Baranovskaya, a graduate of Gymnasium No. 11 in Minsk, who achieved the highest score in the Russian language and history of Belarus, and Karina Pachko, a graduate of Secondary School No. 2 in Novolukoml, who showed an absolute result in chemistry and biology," said Nikolai Feskov. Certificates, as in the previous year, will be issued to everyone who scored 1 point or more. From this year, applicants who scored 1-6 points in the CT will not be able to submit their documents to higher education institutions. They will be granted the right to obtain secondary vocational education. Those who scored 0 points will be deprived of the right to submit documents for participation in the competition for both universities and secondary vocational schools. Applicants planning to enter universities of law enforcement agencies and culture are trying to obtain certificates first. This is because the opportunity to submit documents to admission committees has been open for them since today. At this time, RIKZ specialists are beginning to summarise the results of the completed tests. Nikolai Feskov noted that 95,900 people were registered to participate in the CT in the Russian language. Of these, 93,507 people passed the CT, and 19 were removed. In general, the results of test performance in this subject differ slightly from last year's. 19 applicants scored 100 points in the Russian language. In 2011, there were 7 such lucky individuals. Three participants of the CT in the Russian language scored zero points. 3.67% of applicants did not score 7 points in Russian. 45,199 people registered to participate in the CT in the Belarusian language. 44,070 people passed the CT, and 6 were removed. As Nikolai Feskov noted, 7 applicants scored 100 points in Belarusian, while in 2011 there were five. One participant in this test scored zero points. 2.65% of applicants did not score 7 points in the Belarusian language.

For participation in the Centralised Testing (CT) in Mathematics, 95,163 individuals were registered. Of these, 91,437 passed the CT, and 17 were disqualified. Notably, 46 applicants achieved 100 points in the centralised testing in Mathematics (compared to 33 in the previous year). However, 11.27% of the total number of applicants did not overcome the threshold of 7 points. This result is comparable to the previous year when such applicants constituted almost 11%. Physics was planned to be taken by 44,120 individuals. Of these, 41,572 passed the CT. Five individuals were disqualified. Only two participants in the physics testing managed to complete all 30 tasks within the allotted 180 minutes and score 100 points. Forty-one applicants did not complete a single task, thus scoring 0 points. More than 9% (3,915 applicants) did not overcome the threshold of 7 points. For participation in the CT in Foreign Languages, 34,804 individuals were registered (English language - 27,983, German - 5,226, French - 1,267, Spanish - 328). 33,074 applicants passed the CT (26,646 for English, 4,923 for German, 1,194 for French, and 311 for Spanish). One participant in the English language CT was disqualified. This year, 2 participants in the English language testing and 2 in the German language testing received 100 points. The maximum score (98) for French and Spanish languages was achieved by one participant each. Four individuals failed to correctly complete any tasks in English, and two in German. 0.1% of applicants for English, 0.04% for German, and 0.08% for French did not overcome the threshold of 7 points. For participation in the CT in Chemistry, 16,687 individuals were registered. Of these, 16,119 passed the CT, and 1 individual was disqualified. Seventeen participants in the centralised testing in Chemistry correctly completed all 50 tasks and received 100 points. Three applicants failed to complete any of the proposed questions. Thirty applicants (0.2%) did not overcome the threshold of 7 points. For participation in the CT in Biology, 28,636 individuals were registered. Of these, 27,652 passed the CT. One individual was disqualified. Compared to the previous year, the number of applicants who received 100 points has increased to 7 individuals. In the previous year, only one applicant achieved the highest score. The number of applicants who received zero points has significantly decreased to 3 individuals. In 2011, there were 11 such applicants. 0.15% of participants in the biology testing did not overcome the threshold of 7 points.For participation in the CT on the History of Belarus, 21,653 people were registered. Of these, 20,426 passed the CT. Three were removed. The results in the History of Belarus were higher than last year. A maximum of 100 points were awarded to 16 applicants, and a zero (minimum) score to one applicant. 0.05% of the participants in the testing, who took the test on the History of Belarus, could not overcome the threshold of 7 points. For participation in the CT on World History, 1,876 people were registered. 1,749 applicants passed the test. The highest score in the CT on World History of Modern Times was 99, and the minimum was 2 points. There were no applicants who failed to answer any of the proposed questions. Only three people failed to overcome the threshold of 7 points in the centralized testing on World History of Modern Times. For participation in the CT on Social Studies, 9,441 people were registered. Of these, 9,013 passed the CT. 5 people received 100 points in the CT on Social Studies. Two participants scored zero points in the tests. Another approximately 0.2% of CT participants did not overcome the established threshold of 7 points. The last test taken was Geography. For participation in the CT, 2,363 people were registered. Of these, 2,220 passed the tests. A maximum score (98) was awarded to 3 participants in the testing. A minimum score (3) was awarded to 2 people based on the results of the test. No applicant received zero points. At the same time, eight participants in the Geography testing did not overcome the threshold of 7 points. Overall, in 2012, an increase in test performance indicators was noted in almost all subjects. The content of the test tasks corresponded to the requirements of the entrance examination program. The material for 14 subjects was clearly and logically structured. The tasks had a single correct answer and were distributed across five levels of difficulty. This means that for all participants in the testing without exception, the test included feasible tasks. -0-

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