Speaking at a meeting of the Council for Developing Local Self-Government, President Vladimir Putin drew attention to a number of unresolved problems in the work of schools providing general education and pre-school establishments in Russia.
The President called for decent wages for teachers and pre-school workers, a more rational organisation of the network of school and pre-school establishments, better quality of services provided and a more modern curriculum that satisfies the public’s interests and meets the future needs of the labour market and the state.
Russia currently has more than 57,000 general education schools with around 1.5 million teachers and more than 14 million pupils. There are more than 48,000 pre-school establishments employing a growing number of teachers – now more than 5 million. Almost 11 million children are enrolled in extra-curricular activities that cover the arts, science and technology, sports and other activities encouraging creativity and development.