A gold medal at the end of school is a worthy reward for the hard work of a student. To receive a medal, it is not enough to study for one five, it is also important to take an active part in school life. What needs to be done to receive a medal, what prospects it opens up in the future, we will tell in our review article.

The gold medal began its history in Russia in 1828. However, after the October Revolution, the presentation of gold and silver medals was canceled. She returned in May 1945 thanks to Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 1247. Until 2012, there were changes with the gold medal, but they concerned more the external image than the remuneration of students.

In 2013, the department of the Ministry of Education and Science decided not to award a gold medal at the federal level, instead they issued a certificate with honors, outwardly similar to a gold medal certificate. The right to award medals was left to the authorities of the regions.

But in 2014, the President of the Russian Federation signed a law that provides for the return of the gold medal again to the federal level.

Some students are interested in the question: is it true that it is golden? An interesting fact in the history of the medal: in the period from 1946 to 1954, it was indeed cast from 583-carat gold, weighing approximately 10.5 grams.

But what is the modern gold medal made of? Now the symbol of excellence in studies consists of an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. But the coating is made of pure gold weighing 0.3 grams. It is noteworthy that the embossing on the certificate, which is attached to the gold medal, is also made with gold plating.

The design of the medal has also undergone some changes. Now the medal on one side has the inscription "For special achievements in teaching", and on the other side - a double-headed eagle has appeared. In 2007, an image of the Russian tricolor appeared under the eagle.

For your information: to make the medal shiny, do not rub it with an eraser. This will lead to a violation of the layer of special varnish and the medal will quickly darken.

Conditions under which a medal is guaranteed

1. According to the law, the main and main condition for receiving a medal is the final grade "excellent", received in all subjects, within the framework of the school curriculum in the 10th and 11th grades. In addition, the top five should be in the subjects in the final assessment.
2. The decision to award the medal is made by the meeting of the teaching staff, fixed by the director of the educational institution. Documents for approval are submitted to the local department of the Ministry of Education.
3. If the student received full-time education, it is possible to be exempted from physical education for health reasons. Students studying externally and at home, unfortunately, cannot count on a medal.

These are the basic requirements for a student. But just being good at it is not enough. It is at the faculty council that the decision on the award is made. What can influence the positive decision of teachers?

• As a rule, the teacher loves his work, his subject. Therefore, by showing interest in science, you can get the teacher's loyal attitude, attracting certain attention to your person;
• a special “tick” in favor of the medal will be participation in olympiads, both district and city or regional scale;
• taking an active part in the life of the school, no matter what it will be: creative competitions or work as a designer. Attention is drawn not only to teachers, but also to a more “senior in rank” composition: the director and head teachers. Participation in sports competitions, speaking for the honor of the school, can also serve this;
• it is desirable that there is no recertification to increase points throughout the course of study.

It is naive to believe that by studying “somehow” for 9 years, you can get a gold medal if you pull up your studies a little. Whatever one may say, but the teacher's opinion about the student develops over the years, and it is unlikely that it will be possible to radically change the attitude. As much as possible, you can get the status of a "budding" student. Therefore, it is necessary to study starting from the 5th grade.

More recently, a gold medal opened the door to literally all universities in the country. It was enough to pass an interview with the admissions committee. But since 2009, medalists have been equated to all graduates, and admission to the university is based on the average score of the certificate and the results of the Unified State Examination. The only thing that the medal contributes to is that it will only add priority in the choice between two students with the same GPA, and sometimes this is a significant help in the framework of high competitions for admission to a state-funded place.

A gold medal is not just an award, it is an incentive to be the first, a reality to temper your character and show the qualities of a leader. As well as the opportunity to get into a fairy tale by taking part in a real ball of graduates-medalists.

Information, addresses, documents, reviews.

New rules for issuing school gold medals.

From 2018, the issuance of medals in schools will be only in case of successful completion of the exam. This rule will spread throughout the country and is designed to eliminate cases of biased presentation of gold and silver medals.

◑ School medals? - only on merit!

The scandal at the Adyghe school with the undeserved award of a gold medal served as an impetus for the measures taken by Rosobrnadzor.

The Public Council under Rosobrnadzor suggested that the department take into account the results of the USE when issuing gold medals to school graduates.

Gold medal at school- this is probably the first cherished trophy that students dream of.

School gold or silver medal(officially - medal " For outstanding academic achievement”) is a distinction issued upon completion of secondary general education in schools in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. The medal is one of the main types of encouragement for high school graduates for academic excellence.

Medal " For outstanding academic achievement", also, is an honorary distinction for graduates of 11 classes, who received the final "5" in all subjects of the school curriculum for the last two years of study.

Most recently, the gold medal For outstanding academic achievement”opened the doors of all universities, but in recent years its prestige has significantly lost its position.

Numerous cases when a medal was received by schoolchildren who passed the exam rather mediocrely attracted public attention.

According to one of the initiators of the project, the rector of the Moscow Pedagogical University, today the USE is the most effective way to assess the knowledge of a student. Moreover, this method is already proven, transparent, and the objectivity of the assessment is quite high.

The head of Rosobrnadzor, Sergei Kravtsov, believes that the conditions for awarding medals should be transparent and understandable to both children and parents.

“It is important that they are not used for selfish purposes. An honest USE has led to the fact that students immediately notice and themselves react to any form of incorrect assessment according to additional criteria. Especially in the situation with medals that are entered in the portfolio and taken into account when entering a university.", - said Sergey Kravtsov.

As the press service of Rosobrnadzor noted, the members of the Public Council, for their part, declared their readiness to analyze the existing practice and submit well-reasoned proposals for including the results of the Unified State Examination in the number of criteria for issuing medals.

The capital already has such experience.

In order to receive a medal for a Moscow student, in addition to all the requirements, it is necessary to score more than 220 points in three subjects of the exam.

Sergey Kravtsov assured that Rosobrnadzor is open to dialogue and is ready to accumulate expert proposals.

Already from the 2017-2018 academic year, gold medals " For outstanding academic achievement” will be issued only taking into account the results of the exam.

◑ Who can receive a school medal? Let's summarize.

What medal can a graduate receive?

Now schoolchildren can be nominated for a medal "For Outstanding Academic Achievement". This is an analogue of the gold and silver medals for schoolchildren, which replaced them in 2014.

A graduate of the 11th grade can receive a medal "For Special Achievement in Education" if he has one of the following achievements:

• he will become the winner or prize-winner of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren;
• he will score the maximum number of points in the Unified State Examination (USE) in one academic subject (Russian language or mathematics);
• excellent ”and when passing the exam, he will score a total of at least 220 points in three academic subjects.

Disabled child, graduating from the 11th grade, can receive a medal not only for the above achievements, but also in the following cases:

• in all academic subjects he will have final grades " Great"and when passing the exam, he will score a total of at least 146 points in two compulsory subjects - the Russian language and mathematics (profile level);
• in all academic subjects he will have final grades " Great”and when passing the exam, he will score at least 73 points in the Russian language and at least 5 points in mathematics (basic level).

* Important condition: students who have violations during the exam are not presented for the award.

What are the benefits of the medal "For Special Achievement in Education"?

• Each university has the right to award applicants additional points to the USE points for the presence of certain individual achievements.
• In total - no more than 10. The medal "For Special Achievements in Education" is one of such achievements. Usually 2-3 points are added for it (in each university in its own way).
• In addition, if several people applying for the same place score the same number of points, the advantage will be with the medalist.

What are the conditions for receiving a gold medal in the 2017/2018 academic year?

If possible, then in detail (how many fours can you have in half a year, and is it possible at all, etc.).

If you want to graduate from school with a gold medal, then in all subjects you should have an "excellent9" grade; that is, 5, there should not be fours. Also in 2018, in order to get a gold medal, you must pass the exam with honors.

that is, fives should be in all subjects in all four semesters?

or what would the final fives be in all subjects? (for example; in the tenth grade for the first half of the year it was 5, for the second 4, and in the eleventh grade for the first half of the year 5 and for the second half of the year 5, (5 + 4 + 5 + 5) \4=4.75 round up, it turns out 5) — 4 months ago

In order to get a gold medal a graduating student should have final grades "excellent" in each subject. What is important - not only for grade 11, but also for grade 10. In addition, it is necessary to successfully pass the Unified State Exam, i.e. score the required number of points. Only in In this case, the graduate can count on receiving a gold medal.More details about the order and the procedure for issuing a medal can be found here.

Previously, you just needed to get excellent grades for the tenth and eleventh grades, but this was not enough. Now, in order to receive a gold medal, a student of a school needs not only to work on lessons at school, but also to pass the exam in all subjects that he does not pass well, but excellently. And pass it in such a way that the score would be such, in accordance with the new requirements. The medal will not be issued before the Unified State Exam. It will be issued only when there are results, and also only if they are excellent.

A gold medal for graduation from school is issued upon completion of complete secondary education in school institutions in Russia and the former Soviet republics. This badge is awarded for special achievements in the educational process. But will a school medal be useful in later life, and most importantly, will it help when entering a university?

Until relatively recently, such a distinctive sign served as an automatic pass to almost any higher educational institution. In some universities, it was only required to pass a profile subject for an acceptable grade (4 or 5), in others the applicant was enrolled immediately after the submission of documents and an interview. That is why the gold medal at school became such a coveted reward - after all, it not only gave the former student the opportunity to be deservedly proud of his successes, but also from a purely practical point of view, relieved many of the troubles associated with future admission.

Today the situation has changed - it cannot be said that medalists have no benefits at all for admission: with equal scores, preference is given to applicants who have distinctive signs for academic excellence. It's just that the leadership of universities reserves the right to decide which merit to take into account when recruiting students, and which not. And this is not a whim or extortion of money, as some worried parents think - in fact, as practice has shown, a gold medal at school does not guarantee either passing entrance exams, or further successful studies, or receiving a red diploma. For example, in 2005 in the Tyumen region, only 42.6% of the total number of medalists were able to confirm their knowledge and enter state-funded places. In the general stream, the number of students with a gold medal and studying at the expense of the federal budget was only 12%.

In addition, in the last few years there has been an increase in the number of medalists. Of course, on the one hand, such a progression shows an increase in the level of education, but on the other hand, the gold medal at school began to rapidly fall in value. Students do not want to receive useless badges, and universities have long lacked state-funded places for all excellent students.

So is a gold medal in school worth the effort spent on it? This question can be answered - yes, it is worth it. Successful graduation from high school is a good start for the rest of your life. A gold medal shows that a person has such qualities as diligence, perseverance, responsibility, perseverance and striving for excellence - even if they are not taken into account when entering a university, any employer can later evaluate them.

As for the sad statistics on the admission of medalists to higher educational institutions, it can be easily explained. Due to the difference in the educational process in universities and schools, first-year students experience difficulties in mastering the material, plus parental control ceases to operate, the previous motivation disappears, and sometimes disappointment occurs in the chosen profession. All of these factors directly affect performance. Therefore, I would like to remind applicants-medalists that entering a university is the first step towards a new goal, and to achieve it, you will have to work long and hard.

Since January 2019, the conditions for obtaining a gold medal at school have become tougher. Excellent grades are no longer enough to be awarded the Special Academic Achievement Award. The results of the unified state exam were added to additional criteria for assessing a student's knowledge. This method, according to the Ministry of Education and Science, is the most effective and understandable. The teaching staff notes that due to changes in legislation, the number of gold medalists will be significantly reduced. Parents of graduates and students, in turn, are in a hurry looking for information on how to get the coveted "red crusts".

In accordance with the document, there is a change in the algorithm for obtaining a gold medal at school in 2019. The new rules will apply to all graduates completing secondary education this year.

Now students should not only get excellent marks in the end, but also successfully pass the Unified State Exam. The new rules for graduates in 2019 are as follows:

1. Successful completion of all educational programs provided for at the school (obtaining final grades that are classified as "excellent"). All subjects that are in the curriculum of a particular educational institution are taken into account.
2. Authorized persons who are responsible for the provision of gold medals also take into account the marks obtained by the student as a result of passing the state final attestation (conducted in grade 9).
3. Innovations that are being introduced in 2019 are a set of 70 points in mathematics and the Russian language (the minimum indicator for awarding a gold medal). In the event that a student passes mathematics as a core subject, he needs to score 70 points. For a basic subject, it is enough to get 5 points. In the event that an interested graduate passes the basic and profile levels of mathematics, the results of the last indicator are taken into account.

Gold medal - only on merit

Until January 1, 2019, the conditions under which a student could receive a gold medal were quite simple and clear. All students at the school who received the final "5" in all subjects over the past two years were awarded an honorary distinction. But at the initiative of Rosobrnadzor, from January 1, 2019, the procedure for filling out, recording and issuing certificates of basic and secondary general education has changed. The corresponding order was issued by the Ministry of Education. The previously corrected document is equally valid for all schools in the Russian Federation. The introduction of additional requirements is aimed at eliminating cases of biased awarding of medals.

The reason for tightening the conditions for receiving the medal "For Special Achievements in Education" was a loud scandal with the awarding of the "undeserved" gold medal to the daughter of one of the leaders of the district education. The public statement of the schoolgirl, who exposed the unfair reward from the Republic of Adygea, received wide publicity in social networks. Rosobrnadzor responded to the incident with mass inspections of schools in a number of regions of the Russian Federation. To identify cases of undeserved awarding of medals, we checked those regions where the number of awards significantly exceeds the national average.

For information: The history of the appearance of the gold medal began in the distant 1828. During this time, the insignia was canceled several times, but then returned again. Interestingly, until 1954, the gold medal consisted of 11 grams of pure gold 585.

Then the sample was lowered to 375, and the number of grams was reduced to 6. Currently, "gold" medals are made of copper-nickel alloy and covered with a thin layer of gold sputtering.

New in law

In December 2018, Minister of Education Vasilyeva signed Order No. 315 on amending the algorithm for filling out, recording and issuing certificates that has been in force since 2014. The annex to the document lists the changes approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. Under the new law, a certificate of secondary education with honors is issued subject to the following conditions:

• Successfully passed the state final certification at the end of the 9th grade. In this case, the results from the repeated passage of the GIA are not taken into account.
• All educational programs provided by a particular educational institution have been mastered perfectly. That is, in all subjects that are in the school curriculum for grades 10 and 11, final grades of “5” should be set.
• I passed the unified state exam with excellent marks.

The last point implies that the student must score at least 70 points in the Russian language and mathematics at the profile level. And at least 5 points in basic mathematics. If the final exam is held in the form of the GVE, then the obligatory condition for obtaining a medal will be an assessment of "5" in all compulsory academic subjects. Thus, according to the new rules, schoolchildren must not only finish the tenth and eleventh grade with excellent marks, but also successfully pass the Unified State Exam. The final decision on rewarding the student is made by the pedagogical council. Then it is coordinated with the department of the Ministry of Education at the location of the school.

These requirements will already apply to graduate students who complete their studies in 2019.

We offer you to read the full text of the document, which describes how to get a gold medal:

For information: GVE is one of the forms of the state final exam. The opportunity to take the exam in a somewhat lighter form and in more comfortable conditions is provided to some categories of students. These include children with disabilities, schoolchildren who are studying in institutions of a closed type, children from places of deprivation of liberty.

Preemptive right of medalists

More recently, a gold medal was a "passing ticket" to most higher education institutions. Today the situation has changed and getting into a university with the help of one gold award is unlikely to succeed. But there are still some preferences for excellent students:

• accrual of additional points (plus points for the exam);
• from students who scored an equal number of points and apply for the same place, the university, as a rule, selects a medalist.

Higher education institutions, at their discretion, charge a different number of additional points or do not charge them at all. Usually, 2-3 points are added for academic excellence, but it is possible to add up to 10 points as much as possible. The table shows the norms of well-known universities for the accrual of points in 2019.

The name of the university	Number of additional points for gold in school
Moscow State University	5
MIPT	2
HSE	3
MGAHI	3
RAM	1
MSTU	10
MGHPA	5
Moscow State University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation	6
RNIMU them. N. I. Pirogova	10
MARCHI	10
RAZhViZ	1
Moscow Art Theater	5
RTA	6
Moscow Polytechnic University	10
GITR	5
MSLU	10
RSUH	4
MFPA	1
Sretensky Theological Seminary	2
MGK im. Tchaikovsky	3
GASK	10

Of the capital's higher educational institutions, the presence of a gold award is not taken into account at all: the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (MGAH), MEPhI, MPI FSB RF, MGAVMiB im. K.I. Scriabin, International Academy of Evaluation and Consulting.

It is possible that after tightening the requirements, the number of universities that take into account the gold medal will increase. It is also likely that the above institutions will increase the points for the honors medal.

It is important for future students and their parents to know that in addition to points for the gold award, universities willingly add points for other individual achievements. For example, for the final essay, sports awards, the TRP gold medal, volunteer work, or participation and victories in various olympiads. You can find out about the conditions of admission on the official website of a particular educational institution.

Norms for obtaining a medal upon passing the GVE

Individual students who, for certain reasons, have encountered problems in the functioning of the body, can pass the State Final Examination (GVE), held in grades 9 and 11. This control point is the final one for pupils of educational institutions of a closed type.

The state final exam can also be passed by graduates who are in prison. To earn a gold medal, students facing the HVE milestone must score at least 5 points in core subjects.

If a graduate chooses various forms of passing the GIA (GVE and Unified State Exam), he needs to get 5 points in the compulsory subject taken in the form of the State Higher Examination and the Unified State Examination in basic mathematics, and at least 70 points in the compulsory subject taken in the form of the Unified State Examination.

Does a modern student need a gold medal? What benefits does it provide? How to get this prestigious award? Let's figure it out together.

The gold medal is awarded in a solemn ceremony

A bit about the history of the award

The first gold medal was given to a student in 1828, back in the Russian Empire. Since then, it has been canceled several times, then returned again. The last cancellation took place at the end of 2013. The reason is that the medals were issued in huge quantities, and not always justifiably. In addition, then they did not give any advantages in admission. This decision of the Ministry of Education and Science caused a negative reaction from society, so it was revised by the State Duma. In May 2014, the President signed a decree, according to which schools began to issue gold medals "For special achievements in teaching" to students again.

How to get a gold medal? Conditions for obtaining in 2020

The decision to issue a gold medal is made by the school's teachers' council and coordinates it with the local department of the Ministry of Education. To receive an award, certain conditions must be met:

• Have final grades "excellent" in all subjects of the compulsory school curriculum for the 10th and 11th grades (arithmetic average of the sum of annual and semi-annual grades, rounded according to the laws of mathematics).
• Confirm the gold medal with USE scores: At least 70 points for the Russian language and specialized mathematics (or 5 points for basic mathematics). You have to pass the first time!

And some regions of Russia have established their own awards for excellent studies. For example, in Moscow, according to information on the portal of the Mayor of Moscow, a medal will be given to those who have fulfilled one of the conditions:

-- won the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren,

Or got 100 points for the exam in Russian or mathematics,

Or finished scored 220 points for three subjects of the Unified State Examination (this is 73.3 points for each exam).
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For a graduate with disabilities there are two more options:
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-- finish the 11th grade with "excellent" and score a total of at least 146 points for the Unified State Examination in Russian and specialized mathematics,
-- or 73 in Russian and get a 5 in basic math.

Gold medal - a prestigious award for outstanding academic achievement

What are the benefits of a gold medal

Of course, the medal will not open the door to everything for you, but it will still provide some bonuses. Upon admission, it gives additional points, which are summarized with the results of the exam. According to the portal of the Mayor of Moscow, it will also provide an advantage for enrollment if you and another applicant without a medal score the same number of points. However, we have not heard that universities also make this indulgence for excellent students.

To confirm that you have a gold medal, you must provide the admission committee with a certificate.

How many points are awarded by universities for a gold medal

When enrolling in 2020, you will be able to receive up to 10 additional points, inclusive. It is up to each university to decide which figures to set. Information about additional points can be obtained on the official website of a particular university. To do this, you need to find the section "Individual achievements" in the admission rules. Here are some additional points in 2019 established by some well-known educational institutions of the country:

	The name of the university	Number of additional points for a gold medal

Hello to all readers of the ShkolaLa blog! Already half behind. Everyone is stuck in their studies and zealously gnaws at the granite of science. The end of the first quarter is coming soon, which means that intermediate grades will be posted. And so every year, until graduation.

If the child reaches the finish line with honors, then the state promises to give a medal along with a red certificate. By the way, do you know how to get a gold medal at school and is it really given only to straight A students? And in general, does it contain at least a little precious "aurum"?

Lesson plan:

From the history of school medals

I decided to plunge into distant times and trace the history of the formation of the school award as such. I would never have thought that the school medal originates from the time of the Russian Empire, namely from 1828, when there were still gymnasiums and parish and district schools.

The gold award was given to those gymnasium students who received excellent marks in all subjects. From 1835 to 1917, Nicholas I approved a single pattern for successful graduate boys "For Success in the Sciences", which was minted in a larger size in silver and a smaller size in gold.

The then awards for excellent studies were the most real - from pure silver and pure gold. Girls received the right to be awarded medals only in 1870.

It is interesting! Imperial men's medals on the obverse were decorated with a double-headed eagle, and on the reverse - with the image of Minerva, the patroness of science. The imperial women's awards were distinguished by the front side, on which the image of the empress was embossed, and the inscription "The most worthy of those who completed the course in women's gymnasiums" was engraved on the back.

Imperial medals existed until the revolution, and from 1917 to 1945 no one awarded diligent students. The tradition of celebrating the best with a state award was restored after the war.

Gold and silver "For excellent success and exemplary behavior" in the Soviet Union became noticeably lighter in their price, as they began to be minted not from pure metals, but from alloys, but also with the presence of silver and gold. Those marked with school medals had an advantage when entering the country's universities, passing without entrance exams.

It is interesting! Gold and silver school medals of the times of the USSR were stamped in each of the 16 union republics in its own version with an inscription in the national language and the coat of arms of the republic on the reverse, and their basis on the obverse was an open book bordered by a laurel branch.

Year after year, in terms of the composition of precious metals, the medals “lost weight”, their appearance changed, since 1960 gold was replaced by brass (tompac), silver - cupronickel (copper with nickel), only sputtering remained of the former gold and silver.

Until 2014, Russia had both medals "For special achievements in teaching" - gold and silver. Those who received round fives in two senior classes for six months, a year and as a result in all subjects without exception could count on gold. Silver was awarded to students who had no more than two fours in their diary for the same six months, a year, and in the end.

What and how are they rewarded today?

Modern school medals came after the adoption of the law on education in 2012 and since 2014 have taken the only form. No gold or silver rewards for you. There are none today, there is only one 40 millimeters in diameter "For special achievements in teaching."

In the legislative framework, in a letter from the Ministry of Education in 2014, I found what the highest school awards are stamped with today, issued along with a certificate upon graduation. It turns out that this is a copper-zinc composition with brass. The decorative ribbon under the coat of arms of our country is drawn in white, blue and red enamel.

The color of the medal is golden, but its jewelry value ends with the color. I did not find even a hint of precious plating in the official description of the award. Probably not. It is only mentioned that it is varnished and packed in a case - velvet or plastic.

However, such an encouragement from the state still needs to be earned through hard study. For those who want to get the coveted prom, even if it’s plastic, even if it’s a velvet case with a golden disc, you’ll have to puff a little and fulfill a number of conditions listed in Article 10 of the Law “On Education”:

1. you need to get the final marks "excellent" in all disciplines,
2. must successfully pass the state certification.

Everything, there are no other conditions. Thus, at the end of school, the child must pass the exam at least “satisfactorily”, since the law today allows you to pass the GIA successfully, and does not at all require you to do it “excellently”. But as for the "fives", you need to try to study well already in the 10th grade, since according to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia adopted in 2014, the final grades for the 11th grade are now calculated mathematically.

The final mark is calculated as the arithmetic average of six semi-annual and annual marks for each year of study, that is, for grades 10 and 11, rounded to the nearest integer according to the laws of mathematics.

In practice, it looks like this: we add up two six months in the 10th grade, as a result we get the annual for the 10th. Similarly, we add two six months for the 11th grade, we get an annual for 11. You get a total of 6 grades. We also add them and derive the arithmetic mean. This will be the final mark, which will go to the certificate at the end of the school. What pleases: the grade is always rounded in favor of the student.

Earned a medal. What's next?

The child worked, diligently going to the finish line, received the coveted red certificate and a box with a medal, what's next? Nothing, alas. Today, at the legislative level, the school medal, unfortunately, does not have any magical effect, therefore it does not automatically open the doors of all higher educational institutions in the country.

There are, of course, those universities that give a certain number of passing points upon admission to their state-marked applicants, but this is only at their own request.

Crawling through the expanses of the Internet, I came across that a few years ago Aeroflot made a beautiful gesture for medalists - they held a campaign to sell them air tickets with super discounts. Some regions thank their graduates, who in what much, but also exclusively on their own initiative, as far as their regional wallets allow.

Today, the State Duma is receiving proposals to make changes and return to the good old days, when a school medal gave privileges to children upon admission, they say, this way there will be more really smart students in the ranks of students. Whether such an initiative will be supported in the light of events taking place with subjective assessments in some regions and the predilections of teachers choosing favorites is a big question.

And yet, you must admit, it is always a pleasure to be the first, because a medal, even if today it is not gold, but only golden, is still a reward, recognition from the state of your work. And it's worth it.

Well, are you ready to become medalists? Until elementary school ends, maybe the quality of the highest school award will change. You should always hope for the best.