HSE Secondary School Comes Fifth in Best Russian School Ranking
The Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, has prepared a list of Russia’s 500 best schools. The HSE Secondary School came 5th in the total ranking, rising five positions compared with last year.
The HSE Secondary School came first in the social sciences & economics group, second among the social sciences & humanities group, and fourth in the philology group.
This list of Russia’s best schools has been published for the last five years. The Top-25 takes into account the results of the Basic State Examination in 9th grades and the National School Olympiad. Last year, students of the HSE Secondary School got 10 winner’s and 29 awardee’s diplomas.
‘The ranking demonstrates that the HSE Secondary School offers high-quality education and many opportunities for students to develop their talents. It is essential for us to continue meeting the expectations of our students and their parents’, said Dmitry Fishbein, Director.
In August 2017, the HSE Secondary School came first in the ranking of Moscow schools based on the results of the 2016/17 academic year.
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were collected by HSE Lyceum students during charity campaigns that took place on September 1.
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graduate of the HSE Lyceum this year has chosen to become a pilot; Vitaly Bondarenko has enrolled at the Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School.