2006 SCHOOL LEAVERS TO TAKE FINAL AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS’ ENTRANCE EXAMS ON "ARMENIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE" SUBJECT BY JOINT SYSTEM
Noyan Tapan
Mar 06 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 6, NOYAN TAPAN. School leavers of secondary schools of
Armenia (irrespective of organization-legal type) will take this year
state final and higher educational institutions’ entrance exams on
the "Armenian Language, Literature" subject by new, joint system. As
Vanya Barseghian, the Director of the Estimation and Testing Center
of the RA Ministry of Education and Science stated at the March 5
press conference, school leavers will choose final state or joint
exam by their will, filling in the application-appeals just at their
educational institutions. V.Barseghian mentioned that final and joint
exams are separated according to the presented demands: in the case
of joint exam the participants will answer 75 testing questions (15
are questions on literature), and in the case of final exam they will
answer 50 questions. Every correct answer will be estimated 1 point,
and wrong answer will be estimated 0 point. The Center Director also
stated that tasks of the final exam will be of minimum and middle
difficulty (A level) defined by school subject program. And tasks
of the joint examination will be of minimum, middle and above middle
difficulty (A and B levels). Tasks of the A level of the joint exam
will be completely adequate to tasks of the final exam. Besides,
school leavers will take the final exam at their schools, and the
joint one at examination points. At present the center is engaged in
choosing buildings for examination points. In V.Barseghian’s words,
immediately after the end of final exams examination works will be sent
to the Estimation and Testing Center. The estimation will be carried
out by a computer program, with usage of technological equipment,
bringing the factor of subjectivity to minimum. School leavers will be
given certificates based on results of the joint exam. Marks fixed in
the certificate will be fixed in the school leaving certificate. Vanya
Barseghian also mentioned that a separate joint exam will be organized
for entrants got demobolized from the army in the spring of 2007.