• June 26, 2018
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High school finals 2018: Better results in Polish than in Russian language exam

The results of final secondary school exams in mother tongue in Lithuanian national minorities’ schools are better in Polish schools than Lithuanian – informed the National Examination Centre.

Polish language exam passed 99.8% of high school graduates. The best scores (9-10 points) got 28.2% of entrants.

Russian language exam passed 97.2% of Russian schools’ graduates and 23.4% of entrants received 9-10 ponts.

In 2018 819 students wrote Polish language final exam and 248 – Russian language exam.

Belarusian language final exam passed 100% of high school graduates.

Translated by Małgorzata Dąbrowska within the framework of a traineeship programme of the European Foundation of Human Rights, www.efhr.eu.

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