This year, external independent evaluation will be handed over to 240 thousand. 881 people. This is less than last year. This was reported by the director of the Ukrainian Center for Evaluation of Education Quality Vadim Karandiy, reports gazeta. Ua.

According to him, the number of those wishing to undergo UPE decreased compared to the previous years because of the demographic situation. It is also explained by the fact that a part of applicants when applying to universities will use the results of external evaluation of previous years.

Graduates of schools among more than 240 thousand. Willing - 192 thousand. 778. The largest in terms of the number of participants in the VNO were Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. There almost 20 thousand. Graduates will be tested.