27.7 thousand are going to take the matriculation exams this yr. graduates

Of those that selected to take the exams, 26.5 thousand. there are this yr’s graduates of basic schooling and vocational colleges, over a thousand – graduates of earlier years who need to retake or go exams that they didn’t go earlier than.

In response to the ministry, in comparison with final November, when the preliminary deadline for deciding on the exams was set, the quantity of people that need to take the mathematics examination has elevated by 114.

The full variety of those that selected to take the arithmetic examination is 17,164 (17,050 candidates selected it final November).

In response to the Ministry of Training and Tradition, the time for selecting exams has been prolonged taking into consideration the truth that maybe not all graduates this yr had time to decide on the mandatory exams or wish to change their preliminary choice.

In response to the ministry, in comparison with autumn, there was additionally a slight improve within the variety of candidates for geography, German, and Russian language exams. The quantity of people that determined to take the knowledge expertise, chemistry, and biology exams decreased.

In comparison with the alternatives of graduates a yr in the past, an identical variety of all younger individuals who determined to take the matriculation exams selected the historically hottest exams: Lithuanian language and literature (63.2 % final yr and 64 % this yr), English language (66.4 % final yr and 66, 7 % this yr), arithmetic (60.1 % final yr and 62 % this yr).

“The fluctuations within the numbers are very slight. As a rule, fewer candidates seem for the exams than those that have chosen them – that is primarily because of altering choices about future selections, when it’s already extra clearly identified the place they need to proceed their research and enroll. Subsequently, now the scholars had the chance not solely to decide on new exams, but additionally to refuse the earlier selections,” the report quoted Deputy Minister of Training, Science and Sports activities Ramūnas Skaudžius.

In response to the ministry, the matriculation examination in arithmetic is especially related. Not like earlier years, this yr the arithmetic matriculation examination is required each for candidates to state-financed locations and non-financed locations in greater schooling establishments. That is enshrined within the amendments to the Legislation on Science and Research adopted in 2021, with the intention of strengthening the standard of upper schooling and college students’ preparation for research.