Schoolchildren are increasingly being pushed to enroll in colleges after ninth grade. It is harder to get into a university after that

Schoolchildren are increasingly being pushed to enroll in colleges after ninth grade. It is harder to get into a university after that

In recent years, the Russian authorities have been increasingly pushing schoolchildren after ninth grade to enroll in colleges rather than continue studying at school, writes the BBC Russian Service.

At the same time, it is harder to get into a university after college, because graduates have to take the Unified State Exam, for which colleges do not specifically prepare students. Boys have another problem as well: in college, their military draft deferment “burns up.”

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Authorities are increasingly pushing ninth-graders to enroll in colleges rather than continue studying at school, BBC writes. After that…

In recent years, the Russian authorities have been increasingly pushing schoolchildren after ninth grade to enroll in colleges rather than continue studying at school and apply to university, writes the BBC Russian Service.