State Duma Adopts Law on Free Vocational Training for 9th Grade Graduates Who Did Not Pass State Final Examination (GIA)

14:38; 19 November 2025 year

Deputies of the State Duma have adopted in the second and third final readings an amendment to the "Education Law" that grants the right to ninth-grade students to receive free vocational training if they fail the State Final Examination (GIA) in basic general education programs. The authors of the bill noted that ninth-graders who fail the main state exam are forced to wait a year until they can retake it. This time can be used by them to acquire a vocational qualification. The list of professions that teenagers will be able to study for free will be determined by regional authorities.

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