Ukraine: New higher education entrance exams to launch this year

[Francis Hult]

KYIV Post

 

New higher education entrance exams to launch this year

 

For the first time nationally, Ukraine's high school graduates will face standardized exams this spring, replacing most of the current notoriously corrupt entrance exam process.

 

External Independent Testing (EIT) establishes a single standard to gauge students' aptitude for higher education. 

 

It also aims to eliminate bribery of local school administrators, who play a major role in developing tests and verbal exams, as well as scoring them. 

 

"The goal of external independent testing is the objective and unbiased evaluation of a graduate's achievements," said Vadym Karandiy, deputy head at the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA), the state institution established to organize and manage independent testing. 

 

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