CCTV is installed at 90% of points of USE taking in Bashkortostan

UFA, 18 May 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Galiya Nabieva/. In Bashkortostan, 20,408 people will take the Unified State Exam (USE) this year, among them 1,505 are graduates of the past years. This was told by the Education Minister Gulnaz Shafikova at the meeting of the United Russia faction today, May 18.

"For the graduates who take the USE in the main period, 100 examination points are opened from May 29 to June 19. Innovations touched upon the technical equipment of examination points. A system of signal suppression will be used, as in the past year. In 90 percent of points, video surveillance is installed operating in the online mode. Last year the system covered 70 percent of points", said Gulnaz Shafikova.

According to the minister, the changes touched also the technology of printing exam papers - it will now take place directly in the classrooms of the venue. Finished works will be scanned there also. Over 42 million rubles have been allocated for this in the republic. First of all, this technology is convenient for distant regions, representatives of which used to deliver forms for long distances. At the moment, the new format is available only in half of the exam points, full coverage is planned for the next year.

200 students of higher educational institutions of the republic trained in pedagogical specialties have already been trained as observers. As noted by the minister, control over compliance with the established procedure for conducting the USE is strengthened annually.