Indriksone: High school may drop advanced-level exams
Education Minister Ilze Indriksone said discussions are underway about possibly dropping advanced-level exams in high school, as few students take them and universities mainly consider overall centralized exam results. No final decision has been made.
Latvia's Minister of Education and Science Ilze Indriksone (NA) said in an interview on TV3's “900 seconds” on Tuesday that high schools may stop requiring students to take advanced-level exams after completing in-depth courses. The Ministry of Education and Science has started discussions on this possibility. Indriksone explained that only a small number of students choose to take specific advanced-level exams. Moreover, universities mostly evaluate the overall results of centralized exams when admitting students, rather than the score from a particular advanced course exam. Therefore, the necessity of mandating advanced-level exams is being reassessed. She emphasized that these are only preliminary discussions and no final decision has been made. The minister also praised the already implemented reduction in the number of high school exams, calling it a correct step. Notably, today at 10 a.m., a press conference on preliminary centralized exam results will be held at the IZM information center "Zinātava". Participants will include the minister, as well as representatives from the VIAA. Certificates for basic and secondary education exams will be issued. This year, 47,647 works were evaluated in basic education and 74,646 in secondary education.
