Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin met with Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov. The main topic of conversation was the discussion of final state certification in the capital.
— According to the results of the 2026 Unified State Examination, the capital tops the list of leading regions. These results are achieved through the methodological support of teachers and interest in in-depth study of topics. “I would also like to note the successful performance of Moscow schoolchildren at the Olympics,” Kravtsov said.
According to him, last year Moscow youth constituted a significant part of the winners of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren. In addition, they have contributed greatly to the success of the Russian national team in international competitions.
The city president, in turn, noted that the excellent results of the Unified State Examination will be an incentive for the capital to work on improving the quality of education. Among the agenda is modernizing the infrastructure within the “My School” program, through which a modern environment is created in educational institutions.
— At the same time, education in Moscow does not close in on itself. “We are ready to share our developments with the entire country and are already doing so,” Sobyanin quoted the official as saying. Website Mayor of Moscow.
In total, more than 93 thousand people passed the Unified State Examination (USE) in the capital. Compared to the last academic year, the number of 100-point students (3,175 graduates) and 200-point students (341 people) has doubled.
At the same time, the capital’s schoolgirl Ekaterina Malkova, who was the first in the history of the Unified State Examination to score 500 points, officially submitted documents to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.