What happens if a student fails to pass the test? What to do if you don't pass the OGE

Final exams in the ninth grade are an important event for every student. The tasks become more complicated every year, and sometimes even good students show low results on the OGE. What remains for the children who did not cope with the exam task and cannot continue their studies? Let's say right away: there is no need to be discouraged. As you know, ninth-graders take exams in two compulsory subjects (mathematics and Russian) and two elective disciplines. Elective subjects are not retaken, and scores on them do not affect the grades on the certificate. For example, if a student received a “3” in history during the year, and a “2” in the exam, the document on education will contain a “C”. But alas, with compulsory subjects everything is not so simple...

A failed exam has a chance to retake in June and September

Options for retaking exams

If you have an unsatisfactory result on one exam in a compulsory subject, the discipline can be retaken in the summer. The first retake takes place in June. For this purpose, all the children who have not passed a certain exam are collected in one school. If a student fails to complete the assignments a second time or fails both compulsory subjects, he will have to retake the test in September.

If the student gets a bad grade again, there are two options left. He can take the 9th grade course again or spend a year at home and take the OGE next spring. Instead of a certificate, such a graduate receives a certificate of study at a general education institution. Unfortunately, it does not provide an opportunity to go to college or technical school.

Right to appeal

There are other options. If a student does not agree with the assessment or believes that the exam procedure was violated, he can appeal. The application is submitted to the conflict commission or to the educational organization in which the student was admitted to the exam. The appeal must be filed within two working days after receiving the results of the OGE.

The student has the right to appeal the exam results

To resolve disputes, the commission attracts subject matter experts who review the students’ work. If an error was made when calculating the score, the score is corrected to a higher one. The commission does not consider complaints about the content of assignments or cases where a low grade was received due to incorrect formatting of the work.

It also happens that a student misses an exam due to health problems. In this case, he must submit the appropriate certificate from the doctor and an application for retake to the educational organization at the place of study.

Question (in detail):

My son, a 9th grade student, is not allowed to take the OGE and he comes out with a certificate, because... there are unsatisfactory grades. They said that if 9th grade. took the exam at our school and not at another, then he would have been admitted, but... exams are on-site, they don’t want to spoil the school’s reputation. The school administration did not inform me that the child was not allowed to take the exam and was leaving with a certificate, but I heard this from my son. My question is: When should the school administration inform parents and in what form or will they present them with a fait accompli? And is it possible to change something, since the question is about their reputation, and not about the future life of the child?

They have no right to be expelled from school for poor performance. For a situation where a child has acquired academic debt, the law provides only one procedure - since a conditional transfer to the next level of education - grade 10 - is impossible, the student must be retained for the second year.

In accordance with the educational relationship may be terminated early in the following cases:

1) at the initiative of the student or parents (legal representatives) of a minor student, including in the case of transfer of the student to continue mastering the educational program to another organization carrying out educational activities;
2) on the initiative of an organization carrying out educational activities, in the event of expulsion as a disciplinary measure applied to a student who has reached the age of fifteen years, in the event of failure by a student in a professional educational program to fulfill his obligations to conscientiously master such an educational program and implement the curriculum, as well as in the event of a violation of the procedure for admission to an educational organization, which resulted, through the fault of the student, in his illegal enrollment in the educational organization;
3) due to circumstances beyond the control of the student or parents (legal representatives) of a minor student and the organization carrying out educational activities, including in the event of liquidation of the organization carrying out educational activities.

There are no specified circumstances that would allow your son to be expelled in the situation described.

It should be noted that the following provisions of the law apply to students in grade 9 who are not allowed to take the State Examination test due to academic debt.

In accordance with Article 58 of this law, students are required to eliminate academic debt.

Students with academic debt have the right to undergo intermediate certification in the relevant academic subject, course, discipline (module) no more than twice within the time frame determined by the organization carrying out educational activities, within one year from the date of formation of academic debt.

Students studying in an educational organization in educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, who have not eliminated academic debt within the established time frame from the moment of its formation, at the discretion of their parents (legal representatives) are left for repeated training, transferred to training in adapted educational programs in in accordance with the recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission or for training according to an individual curriculum.

In this case, we believe that the educational institution is misleading you regarding the further course of action for your son to obtain a basic general education. We suggest that you contact the founder of the educational institution where your son is studying with a complaint about the actions of the educational institution or the prosecutor's office and appeal the fact of illegal expulsion from school in violation of the requirements of Article 58 of the Law on Education in the Russian Federation.

In particular, you can refer to the text which also states that students who have not completed 9 grades are left for repeated training.

If the child remains for the second year, he will be included in the school contingent and will have to attend all classes provided for by the curriculum. If the school has adopted a provision on training according to an individual curriculum, the student can switch to training according to an individual curriculum and attend, for example, only part of the classes. It is also possible to switch to family education (only on your initiative based on an application), in this case the student will be expelled from school, based on an application to the education department, he will be listed as undergoing training in the form of family education, the entire program will have to be mastered independently, and at school you only need to pass an intermediate assessment.

You can also insist on re-taking the intermediate assessment before making a decision on admission to the State Examination Academy and try to correct your grades. You can indicate your position that you will not leave school and ask for the opportunity to pass the State Examination Test.

Memo for parents

Ninth-graders throughout Russia take the OGE (main state exams). Many parents, meanwhile, do not understand what successful or unsuccessful passing of the OGE can mean for a student. We found out the answer to this question.

OGE grades serve as a kind of pass to 10th grade. Ninth-graders must take four subjects: two compulsory (Russian language and mathematics) and two elective subjects. (The most popular subjects in 2018 were social studies, chosen by 63% of participants, geography - 33%, biology - 30% and computer science - 28%).

As for the mandatory OGE in foreign languages, we remind you that it will be introduced only in 2020.

The initial results of OGE-9 are assessed in primary points, which are then translated into the usual five-point scale. The points are used to calculate the final grade in the certificate of basic general education for ninth grade graduates as the arithmetic average between the annual mark and the result of the General Examination in the subject.

“D” grades for the OGE can be retaken both on specially provided reserve days during the summer campaign and on additional dates in September. At the same time, if previously ninth-graders who received at least one bad mark had to retake all the OGE exams, then from this year they will only have to retake the one for which this “f” was received.

If it was not possible to retake the “D” on the OGE either in the summer or in September, the loser, by decision of the parents, may be retained in the 9th grade for the second year. Or, as an alternative, he leaves school with a certificate, and receives a certificate for 9 classes, for example, after studying for some time in college, where he will be accepted with this certificate.

In case of successful retake, a nine-year certificate will be given. But when entering the 10th grade, problems may arise in this case. Moreover, not only among D students, even if they have improved, but also among C students. Especially if the school where they study is considered strong or specialized.

According to the current rules, the decision on the rules for recruiting tenth graders is largely left to the schools and is regulated not by laws common to all, but by internal documents of the school - the so-called local acts. For example, the school charter. And if it is written there that only graduates of the 9th grade who have, say, annual grades or OGE results of at least “B”s, get into the 10th grade, then the school has every legal basis to do just that. Therefore, before appealing the actions of the school administration, you should carefully read these documents.

The school's greater rights when enrolling in the 10th grade leave it significant freedom of hand when making decisions. So a lot depends on the general opinion of the student. For example, an excellent student or just a good student who, out of fright, failed one of the General Examinations, may still be accepted after a retake. But there is no inveterate C student, even if he passed all the exams without “Fs”. Then, for those who will not be accepted into the 10th grade, two paths open: either to a simpler school (which is quite realistic) or to college. That is, in the system of secondary vocational education - to master blue-collar professions.

However, you can, of course, complain about the decision of the school administration. To begin with, to the regional Ministry of Education, and then to the federal department, now renamed the Ministry of Education. But let’s hope that none of those who decide to continue their studies in the 10th grade will have to do this.

HELP "MK". In total, 1.3 million 9th grade graduates will take the OGE in 2018. The main exam period began on May 25 and will last until June 29.

Source of information: brochure from Rosbrnadzor "What is OGE?" - download

To obtain a certificate of basic general education, graduates take two compulsory subjects (Russian language and mathematics) and two elective subjects.

Elective subjects are not retaken, and scores on them do not affect the grades on the certificate.

If a graduate received an unsatisfactory result in one or two of the subjects taken at GIA-9, then he can re-take these exams on reserve days (summer period)

If a graduate did not pass the GIA-9, or received unsatisfactory results in more than two academic subjects, or received a repeated unsatisfactory result in one of these subjects when retaking it on a reserve day, then he can take the GIA-9 again in the relevant academic subjects on an additional deadlines in September.

If the student gets a bad grade again, there are two options left.

Didn't pass the OGE

He can take the 9th grade course again or spend a year at home and take the OGE next spring. Instead of a certificate, such a graduate receives a certificate of study at a general education institution. It does not provide an opportunity to enter a technical school or college.

Appeal

To ensure the right of the GIA-9 participant to objectively conduct the exam and evaluate its results, there is an appeal procedure.

GIA-9 participants can file an appeal:
about violation of the established procedure for conducting GIA-9 in an academic subject;

About disagreement with the assigned points.

Appeals are not accepted:

On the content and structure of KIM in academic subjects;

On issues related to the participant’s violation of the procedure for conducting GIA-9;

For questions related to incorrect formatting of the examination paper;

For questions related to evaluating the results of short-answer tasks.

Conflict commissions are created in each region to consider appeals. When considering the appeal, instead of the GIA-9 participant or together with him, his parents (legal representatives) may be present, who must have their passports with them. Legal representatives (guardians, adoptive parents, trustees, as well as persons caring for an adult capable person who, for health reasons, cannot exercise his rights) must also have other documents confirming their powers.

Also, members of the State Examination Committee, officials of Rosobrnadzor and regional supervisory authorities in the field of education may be present at the appeal.

See also:

Official website of the Unified State Exam

Presentation of the OGE

Demo version of the OGE (Grade 9 GIA) 2018 in mathematics

Preparation for the OGE

Combined and separate spelling NOT
1.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled CONTINUOUSLY with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. The student who (NOT) APPEARED for the exam was sick.
2. The actor spoke (NOT) LOUDLY, but expressively.
3. The fence at our dacha is still (NOT)PAINTED.
4. The student recited the text by heart, (NOT) LOOKING at the book.
5. There was (NOT) MORE than a week left before the holidays.
2.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled CONTINUOUSLY with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. The issue of financing construction is still (NOT) RESOLVED.
2. Solving the problem turned out to be by no means (NOT)EASY for me.
3.

What to do if you didn’t pass the OGE in 2018

Victory in an argument (NOT) ALWAYS presupposes the triumph of truth.
4. A (not) LOUD crack made the hunter look around.
5. The man walked through the yard and, NOT NOTICED by anyone, disappeared around the corner.
3.Identify the sentence in which NOT is spelled together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. A stupid son will not be given any sense by his own father.
2. A (UN)KIND word burns more painfully than fire.
3. (NOT) ALLOWING me closer, the fox rushed into the water.
4. People who have (NOT) been to Kamchatka cannot imagine all the beauty of the morning.
5. I didn’t even have any regrets that day.
4.Write down the word in which NOT (NI) is spelled CONTINUOUSLY.
1. At home, (NOT)GOOD news awaited us.
2. We (NEVER) saw my father sad or confused.
3. It was (NOT) ANYONE other than the school principal.
4. The artist had a (NOT)BEAUTIFUL, but surprisingly expressive face.
5. The fence was (NOT)PAINTED and was falling to one side.
5.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled CONTINUOUSLY with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.


6.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. We (NOT) ALWAYS get what we want.
2. The list of books turned out to be far from (NOT) COMPLETE.
3. Most of the grass in the meadow has not yet been mown.
4. The new book turned out to be very (UN)SUCCESSFUL.
5. There is always catastrophically (NOT) ENOUGH time.
7.Identify the sentence in which NOT is written SEPARATELY with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.


8.Identify the sentence in which NOT is written SEPARATELY with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. She quickly turned to him with an angry movement that had not yet managed to be conveyed to her gaze, but she immediately laughed.
2. Somewhere there, far below, seven miles (NOT) VISIBLE from here, the estate Shakhmatovo.
3. In this hour of peaceful grace, it is good to walk in front of the outhouse with your head (UN) COVERED.
4. The day was (NOT)BRIGHT, but bright and quiet - somehow sleepy.
5. Nature is designed in such a way that the most (NOT) SIGNIFICANT booger keeps within itself universal patterns.
9.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. The extraordinary disappearance of Likhodeev was joined by the (UN) FORESeen disappearance of the administrator Varenukha.
2. The man didn’t even (DON’T) MOVE when the doctor entered.
3. The professor (UN)EXPECTED mysteriously beckoned both friends closer to him.
4. Nothing (NOT) SAID about this in any newspapers.
5. Now he was no longer (NOT) AIR, but ordinary, carnal.
10.Identify a sentence in which NOT is spelled together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. Someone was fussing, shouting that it was necessary right now, right there, (NOT) LEAVING the place, to compose some kind of collective telegram.
2. In the front room, (NOT) LIT with a light bulb, a bicycle without tires was hanging on the wall from the ceiling.
3. One moonbeam, leaking through a dusty window that had not been wiped for years, sparingly illuminated the corner where the forgotten icon hung in the dust and cobwebs.
4. On the door of room No. 2 there was something (NOT) VERY clear written: “One-day creative trip.”
5. The next door bore a short, but completely (UN)UNDERSTANDABLE inscription: “Perelygino.”
11. Determine the sentence in which NOT is written together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. Toys that were (NOT) SOLD OUT within a month were discounted.
2. This talented artist (NOT)IMMEDIATELY managed to achieve public recognition.
3. While the sun (NOT) HIDDEN by clouds illuminates the city with surprisingly bright light.
4. A carpentry shop foreman walked past Pelageya (NOT) HURRY.
5. (NOT) DESPITE the colossal workload, he still found time to meet us in a cafe.
12. Determine the sentence in which NOT is written together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. If there are no flowers in the middle of winter, you (NOT) NEED to be sad about them.
2. Prince Andrey was irritated by Speransky’s cold, (NOT) soul-penetrating gaze.
3. (NOT)EVERYONE can accurately formulate their thoughts.
4. Ivan began to think that the surgical department has a very (NOT) BAD team.
5. The linden trees in the old garden were (NOT) CUT DOWN, they were saved.
13. Determine the sentence in which NOT is written together with the word. Open the brackets and write down this word.
1. HAVING NOT EXPECTED to meet such dangerous opponents, the pirates changed their tactics.
2. In the plot of this novel there is one fragment (NOT) EXPLAINED by any of the literary scholars.
3. It turned out that this is an (UN)SUITABLE tool for the job.
4. There is only one (NOT)COMPRESSED strip, it makes me sad.
5. Bulgakov’s father taught (NOT) ANYTHING other than the history of Western European Christian denominations, that is, Protestantism

What to do if a child does not pass the OGE?

If in the ninth grade your child suffered a complete fiasco, did not pass the GIA or was not allowed to take the exam, this does not mean that all doors are closed in front of him. Instead of a certificate, they give a certificate. Let's figure out together what to do with it and where to go to study next.

Shall we try again?

According to the law, children who have completed the 9th grade with a certificate of the established form can try to pass the GIA again in a year as an external student. In this case, subjects for which unsatisfactory scores were obtained must be taken.

If desired, your daughter or son can stay for re-education and pass the GIA along with new classmates next year.

What to do if you didn’t pass the OGE in 9th grade?

As a rule, this applies to those who were not admitted to certification.

Where to go with help?

Until 2015, in order to undergo training in various vocational training programs, mainly blue-collar workers, a school certificate was a prerequisite. Now you can enroll in a secondary specialized educational institution with a certificate.

What will your daughter or son become?

The list of working specialties and employee positions is not limited to the janitor, plumber and turner, with which they love to scare teenagers. In fact, there are many more professions:

  • educator;
  • private security guard;
  • cook;
  • driver;
  • seamstress;
  • driver;
  • flight attendant;
  • dog handler;
  • hairdresser;
  • electrician, etc.

If your son or daughter succeeds in their profession, they can earn very good money. Here, as elsewhere, the main thing is effort and desire.

You can find out which colleges accept students with an 8th grade education in your area from your local department of public education. In most cases, training is provided on a paid basis.

Why should you go to college?

Admit it, after thinking: “What a horror! You didn’t pass/didn’t pass the State Examination Test!” the next one was: “He’ll lose a whole year, what should I do?!” Idleness has a destructive effect even on an adult, let alone a teenager who is already not averse to neglecting his studies. In this situation, primary and secondary vocational education is a good option.

  • First of all, the child will be busy with work, and will not sit for days at the computer or hang out in an unknown place.
  • College education for children with a certificate lasts up to 6-8 months. They study specialized disciplines and gain practical skills in production. Classes usually start in October. It will be a year before the retake. During this time, your child will receive a profession and an appropriate rank.
  • If your son or daughter successfully passes the State Examination, they will be able to continue studying for free in any specialty. An honors college diploma provides certain advantages when entering a specialized university. In addition, many colleges and universities participate in the college-university program; their graduates can immediately enroll in the 2nd or 3rd year of a specialized university.

As you can see, college offers good prospects. If your son or daughter gets ready to study right away, they will be successful in the future.

How to prepare for retaking the State Examination Test?

Without passing the final state certification, your son or daughter can get a profession, increase their rank, but their level of education will remain the same. Employers always pay attention to this column in the work book. Therefore, you will still have to take the State Examination Test. We have already written about the rules and deadlines for retaking the State Examination Test.

  • A professional tutor will prepare your son or daughter, but the lessons are very expensive and may be disrupted due to his illness or other urgent circumstances. After all, he is also a human being.
  • Many colleges offer preparatory courses. They are slightly cheaper than courses in educational centers, but are not always effective, since there are always large groups there. Classes are taught by the same college teachers.
  • In educational centers, classes are never canceled. Groups consist of 5-6 people. Teachers are often certified State Examination and Unified State Examination experts and are focused on high results.

There are no hopeless situations. If your child received a certificate instead of a certificate, do not rush to blame only him for everything. You are involved in this too, admit it. In some places they were not forced to sit down for lessons on time, in others they were allowed to miss a day. Instead of looking for someone to blame, make the best of the situation. Focus on getting into college and preparing to retake the GIA.

All ninth-graders are required to pass the GIA at the end of the school year. Although KIM tasks are compiled taking into account the amount of knowledge acquired within the framework of general education school programs, it also happens that students cannot answer most of the questions and receive unsatisfactory grades. But failure in the exam is not a death sentence: as part of the final certification, a retake of the OGE is provided.

Who can retake GIA-9

The categories of those who are allowed to retake a failed OGE exam of their choice or in basic academic subjects are regulated by paragraph 30 of the procedure for conducting GIA 9 (Order of the Ministry of Education No. 1394).

This year, students are allowed to retake:

  • those who received a bad mark in no more than two academic disciplines;
  • those who did not appear for the exam or did not complete the work for a valid reason (due to illness, due to a sharp deterioration in health in the PPE and due to other circumstances confirmed by documents);
  • those who filed an appeal about a violation of the procedure for conducting state inspection and received a positive decision from the State Examination Committee;
  • whose results were canceled by the conflict commission when facts of violations of the OGE procedure were revealed by persons responsible for organizing the State Examination and who were present at the PPE (examination point).

Next year, the OGE will be retaken by those who received more than two unsatisfactory grades at the GIA and were unable to correct them within the additional time allotted.

How many times can you retake the OGE?

If we discard the complex and rather vague official formulations about the permissible number of retakes, then in fact, in order to correct a bad mark received at the State Examination Examination, two attempts are given during the examination period of the current academic year (the first - on reserve days, the second - in September).

More specifically, the number of retakes is stated in paragraph 61 of Order No. 1394 of the Ministry of Education and Science (last edition dated 17.

The child did not pass the OGE: what to do

The innovations made life easier for ninth-graders: in the version of the document that was in effect until February 16, 2017, only one subject was allowed to be retaken in the summer.

Retake period

The GIA 9 schedule for retaking exams provides for additional certification deadlines:

  • reserve days (at the early stage - in May, at the main stage - in June);
  • September period.

One separate reserve day is allocated for retaking mathematics, Russian and foreign languages. The remaining items are handed over several times in one day, for example, like this:

Schoolchildren can retake the OGE on reserve days:

  • for good reasons, did not take part in the exam, which was held according to the main schedule;
  • those who filed an appeal and received a positive response to it;
  • whose results were canceled due to violations of the procedure for conducting the State Examination by the certification organizers;
  • received a bad mark in one or two of the subjects.

In September, the OGE will be retaken by those who:

  • received one or two failures, but decided not to rush into retaking the test, but decided to carefully prepare for it within two months;
  • due to health reasons and other valid reasons, he was unable to take advantage of the second chance in June;
  • I failed a retake on reserve days in the summer.

Next year, ninth grade graduates are allowed to take the GIA:

  • those who received a bad mark on the retake in September;
  • who failed three or four exams.

After successfully retaking the OGE in September, if there are free places in the educational organization, the graduate can continue his studies in the 10th grade or enter a college if the administration of the institution agrees to enroll him after the start of the school year.

If it was not possible to pass the GIA, then the student, by the decision of his parents or legal representatives, can:

  • stay for further training;
  • switch to adaptive programs;
  • receive a certificate of the established form instead of a certificate.

With the certificate, you can study at home on your own and retake the OGE next year. As an option: continue your studies at a college or technical school (most likely, they will offer a paid form) and get a working profession.

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What to do if you haven’t passed the OGE

The OGE is a prerequisite for a student to move to the next stage of education. What will happen if the OGE result is not accepted, what should a ninth-grader do in this case, experts explained.

Graduate schoolchildren in Russia undergo final testing: eleventh graders take the Unified State Exam, schoolchildren who have completed the ninth grade take the Unified State Exam. Graduates of the 9th grade in 2018 will have to prove the level of their knowledge in five disciplines, two of which are compulsory (Russian language and mathematics), and the rest the student chooses independently. This year, the most popular elective subjects were social studies (chosen by 63% of ninth-graders), geography (33%) and computer science (28%).

The results of the OGE are taken into account when a student enters the next grade of an educational school, as well as when transferring to a specialized educational institution. Based on the results of the work, as you know, points are calculated: each subject has its own specifics for assigning points. Then the points are converted into grades using a five-point system: there is also a scale for converting points into “twos”, “threes”, “fours” and “fives”. So, in order not to get a “2” in the Russian language, you need to score at least 15 points; for mathematics this figure is 8 points.

What to do if the OGE for 9th grade is not passed?

Schoolchildren who received an unsatisfactory mark in one of the subjects at the OGE can retake it. Time is allotted for this in the summer, and there is also a chance to correct the situation in September. Let us note that previously a student who failed at least one subject in the OGE had to retake all exams. In 2018, it became easier for schoolchildren: they are retested only in the discipline for which they received an insufficient number of points.

A student who fails to correct his OGE grade during the summer or in September either remains in the ninth grade for the second year or leaves the educational institution with a certificate instead of a certificate. In the latter case, the student can receive this document on successful completion of 9 years of education in another educational institution, which he can enroll in with a certificate (for example, in a vocational school).

A student who successfully retakes the exam receives a certificate for 9 grades. With this document, the student will not have problems when entering vocational educational institutions, but he may not be accepted into the 10th grade, especially if the school in which he studied was an in-depth study of any subject. Now the rules for enrollment in the 10th grade are set by the schools themselves: if the charter says that only those who have received at least 4 points on the Unified State Exam can become a tenth grader, then documents from less successful students will not be accepted.

In 2018, approximately 1.3 million 9th grade students take the OGE in Russia. The main wave of the OGE began on May 25 and will end on June 29, 2018.

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