YEREVAN. – Evaluation and testing center presented the first results on joint state exams. Applicants passed Russian and Chemistry exams on Thursday.

According to the Evaluation and testing center manager Gurgen Khachatryan, 23.3 percent of applicants failed Chemistry and 21 percent failed Russian exams. 4.3 percent of applicants got high scores from Chemistry exam. 

Number of applicants is extremely low in 2011, 1209 applicants versus last year’s 17.655. The reason is the switch to 12 years school system that result no school graduates in 2011.