State national exam for migrants. Harmonization of federal and regional testing systems- a must for transparency and maximal effectiveness of foreign citizens’ socio-cultural adaptation in the RF

Russian language experts, historians, lawyers and representatives of more than 150 local testing centers met in RUDN University to work out recommendations for the Russian language, Russian history and RF legislation basics complex testing in the frame of the conference “The Russian language and challenges of socio-cultural adaptation of foreign citizens in the RF”

June 2, RUDN hosted IV All-Russia conference  конференция “The Russian language and challenges of socio-cultural adaptation of foreign citizens in the RF” held together with the RF Ministry of education and science.

Testing is supposed to be not only a control tool but also an effective mechanism of migrants’ socio-cultural adaptation and urge people abroad to study Russian language and culture.

Opening the conference Rector V.Filippov noted that tolerance in the Russian society means not just standing somebody but actually involves intercultural and interethnic consensus.

It was proposed to create a unified data base of all testing centers with similar accreditation rules, testing material and testing results

The experts elaborated concrete recommendations for the testing of people applying for permanent residence card.