The National Center for Assessment of Education Quality (NCEC) has officially confirmed that the current regulations for conducting the National Multisubject Testing (NMT) during air raids remain unchanged. Despite numerous inquiries from applicants, the procedure for rescheduling the exam to an additional session will also not be adjusted.
Action algorithm during air raid sirens
The agency has clearly distinguished action scenarios depending on the duration of the air raid. If the alert lasts less than 2.5 hours in total, participants are required to return to the Temporary Testing Center (TTC) and continue testing after the all-clear.
The situation changes if the alert lasts more than 2.5 hours. In this case, the person in charge of the TTC coordinates with the Regional Center (RCEC) regarding the feasibility of continuing the exam. If testing is indeed stopped, the applicant has the right to submit an application to participate in an additional session.
Guarantees and documentation
Official representatives of the NCEC emphasized that all necessary application templates and explanations regarding the procedure must be provided by TTC staff directly at the testing site. This should eliminate bureaucratic difficulties for participants.
The agency urged not to panic, citing statistics from recent years. "The experience of organizing educational assessments over the 4 years of the full-scale invasion proves: there has not been a single situation that remained unresolved. All participants without exception who showed up for testing and followed the procedures took the NMT in the main or additional session and received their results," the NCEC stated.
The shelter issue and the Odesa experience
The issue of organizing additional sessions under safety conditions remains open. If possible, exams will be held in shelters, although this directly depends on the material base of the specific educational institution. The NCEC and local authorities are working on this individually for each region.
The relevance of the topic is confirmed by recent events. On June 8, in Odesa, due to air raids, NMT testing continued for almost 13 hours. Participants were in a shelter without adequate conditions and had no way to contact their parents, which caused a wave of outrage in society.
The consequences of that day became known later: out of 1,349 applicants taking the NMT in the Odesa region, 105 people submitted applications to participate in an additional session. Despite this, the NCEC reminds that rescheduling to an additional session does not guarantee the absence of air raids in the future and urges applicants to be prepared for any scenario.