Applications for the 2016 Unified State Exam end on February 1, said Irkutsk region education deputy minister Maxim Parfenov. Graduates must choose subjects and exam period, and 9th graders must choose electives by March 1.

The deadline for submitting applications to participate in the 2016 Unified State Exam will end on February 1. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Education of the Irkutsk Region, Maksim Parfenov.
Maksim Parfenov noted that on February 1 of this year, the deadline for submitting applications to participate in the state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education in 2016 ends. School graduates submit them at their place of study, while other categories of persons submit them at the places where they are registered to take the Unified State Exam. The application must specify the list of academic subjects for which the exams are to be taken, as well as the period of the state certification (early or main).
Russian language and mathematics are mandatory subjects for taking the Unified Exam. To confirm completion of the school curriculum and receive a certificate of secondary general education, for each of these subjects it is necessary to score no less than the minimum number of points established by Rosobrnadzor.
The deputy minister also said that 9th-grade graduates need to decide on elective subjects by March 1.