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Отношение к единому государственному экзамену как к инструменту противодействия коррупции при поступлении в национальные вузы
Numerous All-Russian surveys of the last 5-7 years, revealing the attitude of various audiences to the Unified State Exam, present a generally more positive attitude of young people to the Unified State Exam against the background of a generally skeptical Russian population towards this tool of transition from secondary school to higher education. In this regard, it is of particular interest to study the opinions of those who faced this examination procedure (graduates who passed the unified state exam, as well as their parents).
During the online survey conducted on March 04, 2024, 711 people (45.3 % men, 54.7 % women, M = 34.73 years) were interviewed who replied that they and/or their child participated in the exam procedure. Respondents expressed their degree of agreement with the statements of the questionnaires: condemning corruption and attitudes towards the Unified State Exam.
An analysis of the data obtained showed that respondents from the province significantly more often agreed that the Unified State Exam significantly removes financial barriers to admission to Russian universities. Women were significantly more likely to agree that the Unified State Exam provides capable graduates from different social strata and from any region with the opportunity to enroll in an educational institution whose curriculum and specialty correspond to the applicant's career orientation.
Younger respondents also significantly more often agreed that the Unified State Exam provides capable graduates from different social strata of Russia to enroll in any university. Those who more agree that the Unified State Exam helped him to enter the university he (a) wanted to enter, significantly more often agreed with all the points of the questionnaire regarding the Unified State Exam as an anti-corruption tool. In addition, the same positive correlation was found between the degree of condemnation of corruption and the attitude towards the Unified State Exam as a tool for combating corruption, that is, respondents who condemn corruption more agree that the Unified State Exam is a tool for combating corruption.
Thus, we have shown that the unified state exam eliminates financial barriers to admission to Russian universities, that is, it is an anti-corruption tool, which was more often agreed by respondents who entered universities from regional and district centers, women and youth, as well as respondents who more disapprove of corruption.