On Tuesday, October 28, a bill was submitted to the State Duma (State Duma), which proposed to exempt children of migrants for whom Russian is their native language from the Russian language knowledge test upon admission to school.

The authors of the project, State Duma deputies of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Sergei Obukhov, Mikhail Matveev and Oleg Mikhailov, note that such a procedure has no practical meaning.
“In this regard, the draft federal law proposes to exempt children and foreign citizens for whom Russian is their native language from testing their knowledge of the Russian language,” the document on the Russian language said. website Duma electronic database.
Previously, Deputy Minister of Education Alexander Bugaev said that the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation creates every opportunity for retake the test in Russian by children of migrants enrolled in Russian schools. He said those who fail the test can study the language to meet admission requirements.
From April 1 this year, children migrated stop admitting them to school don't know Russian. On May 23, Rosobrnadzor head Anzor Muzaev said that children started studying in Russian schools before the mandatory exam law took effect. No need to submit appropriate testing.


















