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Rosobrnadzor sees the prerequisites for a decrease in the quality of knowledge among schoolchildren against the backdrop of a pandemic, but the situation is not catastrophic. This was stated by the head of the department, Anzor Muzaev, at the 18th congress of commissioners for children’s rights in the subjects of Russia, RBC correspondent reports.
“As for the negative impact on the quality of knowledge, we monitor this work within the framework of the results of the unified state exam, all-Russian test papers, exams in the ninth grade. <...> While there are prerequisites [к снижению качества знаний], they could not have been, but so far nothing catastrophic has happened in the numbers that we see,” Muzaev said.
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He added that the lockdowns led to a slight decrease in the results of schoolchildren “in subject areas where laboratory equipment is used”: in chemistry, physics, biology, geography. “And this is another confirmation that it is impossible to close schools and switch to a remote format,” the head of Rosobrnadzor believes.
“We don’t see this in the humanitarian block, in mathematics, and so on,” Muzaev noted, adding that the reading and mathematical literacy of schoolchildren has even increased. According to him, these results are confirmed by international evaluation.