YEREVAN, APRIL 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The final examinations at comprehensive schools and united examinations for university entrance will be absolutely transparent. The RA minister of education and science Levon Mkrtchian stated at the April 23 press conference that the human factor is ruled out during the united examinations: works will be checked by computer, which makes somebody's intervention in the process of giving scores to works impossible. The new examination system does not envisage any examination commissions, which, according to the minister, contributes to transparency. Taking into account the results of last year's united examination on the subject "The Armenian Language and Literature", school leavers will take examinations on the subjects "Mathematics" and "Foreign Languages" by the same order. In order to conduct fair examinations, the examination process in all exam halls both in Yerevan and the marzes will be filmed. Special deafening devices will be used to exclude the possibility of using mobile phones during the united examinations. The printing of united examination papers is underway in Great Britain. The format of these tests is in line with the common standards of the given subject. "A school leaver with lower than average knowledge can easily get 8 points so there are no problems in terms of test papers' contents," Levon Mkrtchian said. "12 thousand school leavers take examiantion on the same subject in a day, while the results are published immediately after the test papers have been checked. In this case it is just impossible to help an examinee or to raise his/her score," the minister assured those present. He expressed confidence that the new examination system will prove to be correct, and with time its positive results will become evident to the public.

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