THIS YEAR CLASSES WILL FINISH ON MAY 24 IN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 23, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Classes for all forms of Armenian
comprehensive schools will finish on May 24 this year. As Noyan Tapan
correspondent was informed by the Public Relations Department of the
RA Ministry of Education and Science, on June 2-20, pupils of the 4th,
9th, and 11th forms will take exams of passing to the next form and
final exams.

On June 3, pupils of the fourth form will take exams in Mother
Tongue, a dictation or a test, by the option of the school
administration. Exams in Mathematics will be held on June 6, the
examination tasks will be made up by schools’ methodical unions,
by 5 variants. Marks for exams will be given by a 5-point system.

9th-form pupils of comprehensive schools will take exams in Armenian
Language, Literature (exposition), Mathematics, and Foreign Languages
in the written form. History of Armenia, Geography, and natural
sciences subjects by pupils’ option are among the oral exams. For the
first time this year exams in Mathematics will be held by tests made
up by the Estimation and Testing Center of the RA Ministry of Education
and Science. Marks to all examination works will be given by a 5-point
system. The examination in Physical Culture will be held at least 5
days before the exams in other comprehensive subjects. The dates of
the first two exams are set by the Ministry of Education and Science,
on June 3 and 7, and the others are set by school administrations.

The number of exams for 11th-form leavers is almost the same as the
number of final exams to be taken by the 9th-form pupils. Exams in
Armenian Language, Literature, Mathematics, and Foreign Languages
subjects will be held by the final and united system, the same day,
on June 2, 11, and 17, respectively. One of the tasks of the June 5
oral examination in History of Armenia will be written, in the form
of a test. Exams in natural sciences subjects, Chemistry, Physics
will be organized on June 14. Marks will be given for all exams by
a 20-point system, only Physical Culture by a 5-point system.