Sovereign education system, flagship schools and the cutting edge infrastructure: plans for education presented at the RUSSIA EXPO

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At the National Priorities Day "Youth and Children: Education" at the RUSSIA EXPO, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergei Kravtsov spoke about the plans for national projects announced by the President of Russia in his Address to the Federal Assembly.

"After the Address to the Federal Assembly, together with the regions, teachers, we are discussing how to realize the messages that the President conveyed in practice. In the Address, a lot of attention was paid to education issues," stated Sergei Kravtsov.

The head of the Ministry of Education of Russia said that three new national projects are being formed in the country, which will have connections to the sphere of education: the project "Family", which will include a program of modernization of kindergartens, the project "Personnel", dedicated to the training of specialists in the system of secondary vocational and higher education, and "Youth and Children".

"It is planned that the national project "Youth and Children" will combine the issues of education and infrastructure, as well as include the education of a harmonious personality, a patriot, a person who respects his small and big Motherland, who knows his history and culture, respects his loved ones," emphasized Sergei Kravtsov.

The Minister of Education said that according to the instructions of the head of state, the creation of a sovereign education system will continue. The sovereign education system includes unified federal programs, unified state textbooks, a unified system of education and extracurricular activities. In addition, its components include a unified information system FSIS "My School", unified approaches to professional development of teachers and methodologists, to the organization of supplementary education and children's recreation.

Andrei Nikolaev, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, elaborated on the updating of the educational infrastructure. He reminded that the President made decisions not only to extend and expand the program of major renovation of schools, but also to launch large-scale programs of major overhaul of kindergartens and colleges, to upgrade the infrastructure of pedagogical universities, to create a network of 12 advanced, flagship schools.

Andrei Nikolaev said that more than 317 billion rubles will be allocated for the implementation of the school major renovation program, which will allow to repair almost 9.5 thousand school buildings in 2025-2030 in addition to 7.3 thousand schools, which will be covered by the current program until 2026. Also, within the framework of the National Project at least 150 new schools will be built in the municipalities where there is the greatest shortage of school seats, for which 210 billion rubles will be allocated.

In addition, by 2030, at least 12 flagship schools with the cutting edge technologies in infrastructure and education will be built in all federal districts, with at least 38 billion rubles from federal budget provided for this.