"I would like to begin by expressing gratitude to our teachers, to educators in general, for the academic year and for organizing the exams. They were conducted at a high level, without any serious incidents, in standard mode," said the Minister during the press conference at the "Russia Today" international multimedia press center, dedicated to preliminary results of the 2025 Unified State Exam campaign.

The event was attended by:

• Sergey Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation
• Anzor Muzaev, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science
• Oksana Reshetnikova, Director of the Federal Institute of Pedagogical Measurements

Key takeaways from the press conference:

• A new teacher compensation system is being developed
• Growing interest among graduates in engineering specialties is observed
• Increased applicant interest in pedagogical universities. In terms of application numbers, pedagogical education has surpassed the IT field. As of July 7, 2025, the total number of applications submitted for pedagogical specialties is 233,578.
• Approximately 450,000 applications have been submitted to colleges and technical schools for all forms of education over two weeks. This is nearly 200,000 more applications compared to last year.
• Russia ranks among the top three strongest countries in the world based on results from international natural science olympiads
• The number of participants in the All-Russian School Olympiad is growing

Watch the video recording of the press conference