The meeting was about development of general school education in Russia.
Mr Medvedev issued instructions on urgent measures for repairs to school buildings, the drafting of new construction standards and standard designs for school buildings, tax incentives to encourage organisations involved in building schools and related infrastructure, and also measures to encourage specialists from different economic sectors into the teaching profession, modernisation of teacher training, and measures to raise the profession’s prestige.
Strict deadlines have been set for all the instructions.