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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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On August 19, the All-Russian Pedagogical Congress began its work at the National Center "Russia". The event brought together about 1.2 thousand teachers from all regions of the country, scientists from the Russian Academy of Education and the Russian Academy of Sciences, State Duma deputies and senators, representatives of executive authorities and public organizations.
Aide to the President of Russia Andrei Fursenko read out a greeting from President Vladimir Putin, in which the head of state, in particular, noted: "It is important that domestic pedagogy has always, at all times, been distinguished by a multifaceted, diversified approach, therefore, in our joint plans for the future, it is imperative to take into account the best traditions of the pre-revolutionary, Soviet and already modern Russian school. Based on this solid foundation, it is necessary to solve key issues – from updating the content of educational programs to training qualified teachers."
The participants of the event were also greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov, head of the Ministry of Education and Science Valery Falkov, head of Rosobrnadzor Anzor Muzaev, State Secretary – Deputy Head of Rosmolodezh Denis Ashirov, and Chair of the State Duma Committee on Education Irina Belykh.
Dmitry Chernyshenko called the event historic – this is the first All-Russian Pedagogical Congress in the 21st century. Exactly 100 years ago, in 1925, the first All-Union Congress of Teachers took place.
"Today, our state education system is one of the best in the world. We are among the top 10 leading countries in terms of both the quality of general education and the volume of scientific research and development, and we occupy leading positions in international student and school Olympiads. This is the result of preserving the traditions of the Soviet scientific school and pedagogy and the decisions implemented by the Government together with the regions on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin over the past quarter century," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
The results of the national project "Education" became the basis for achieving national goals for 2030 and the planning period up to 2036 within the framework of new national projects – "Youth and Children", "Family", "Personnel" and national projects of technological leadership.
Dmitry Chernyshenko called the preparation of the Education Development Strategy for the period up to 2036 an unprecedentedly large-scale process. 15 working groups were created to work on the document – a total of almost 1.1 thousand experts, including teachers, scientists, representatives of employers and parents. In total, the groups held over 430 meetings and developed more than 300 initiatives.
Feedback was taken into account when preparing the strategy and action plan. Thus, the school remains the second most important institution after the family in the formation of patriotic feelings of citizens, the pride index for the country increased by 2.6 times from 2021 to 2024, and the share of schoolchildren wishing to go abroad decreased from 23 to 7% over three years. The positive assessment of the general education system doubled from 2016 to 2024. 97% of respondents believe that young people in Russia have every opportunity to realize their potential.
The State Services portal conducted a survey entitled "The Future of Education in Russia", in which about 340 thousand respondents took part. Discussions of the strategy took place in each subject, a centralized collection of proposals from the regions was organized – as a result, more than a thousand of them were collected.
Key aspects of changing the educational strategy were considered at strategy sessions with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, in the State Duma during government hours chaired by Vyacheslav Volodin, and at the Federation Council chaired by Valentina Matviyenko. In total, about 900 questions and proposals were received from State Duma deputies and senators.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that qualitative challenges, as well as the goal, mission, and values of the strategy were formulated. They were compared with the fundamental documents. The key performance indicators of the strategy will reflect high-level changes in education – both qualitative and quantitative.
"The most important stage of the strategy discussion is starting now. In August, the entire country will join the discussion at the teachers' councils, and we will sum up the results at the Class Teachers' Forum. Work on the document will continue throughout this year. And after the strategy is approved by the President's decree, we will begin to formulate a plan for its implementation. I am confident that the congress will become a platform for constructive dialogue, bold ideas and specific decisions, initiatives that will strengthen Russia's leadership positions in the field of education," Dmitry Chernyshenko emphasized.
In his speech, Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov spoke about the achievements of recent years. Thanks to the national project "Education", in 2019, large-scale infrastructure projects began to be implemented, and education became systematic again. Centralization of management returned, unified educational programs and federal work programs synchronized with the State Final Attestation were developed and approved. Upbringing has again become an integral part of education, starting from kindergarten.
In schools and colleges, positions of director's advisors on education have been introduced. Several dozen textbooks on each subject are being replaced by unified state textbooks. Thanks to the attention to all subjects, including the new ones – "Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland" and "Labor", a broad outlook of schoolchildren is ensured.
Every week, all schools in the country hold classes on "Conversations about the Important" and "Russia – My Horizons". All schools are connected to a single digital platform – FGIS "My School" and a library of verified electronic educational materials.
Sergey Kravtsov outlined the importance of the key topic of the All-Russian Pedagogical Congress – discussion of the Strategy for the Development of Education.
As part of the implementation of the comprehensive program, it is necessary to strengthen the unified system of educational work at all levels of education, create tools for updating the content of education, technologies and teaching methods. They should ensure the fundamentality, flexibility and adaptability of the main educational programs based on advanced scientific achievements and taking into account the changing demands of the state, society and the labor market. It is also necessary to introduce a systemic approach to the organization and implementation of the educational and training process, develop tools for international humanitarian cooperation and expand the formats of historical education.
In addition, key tasks include ensuring the early harmonious development of each child’s abilities through mathematical, natural science, research, inventive, artistic, sports and musical components of educational programs, training highly qualified personnel for the economy, humanitarian and technological spheres, and other relevant tasks.
"The success of the strategy implementation depends on the main wealth of the Russian education system – on teachers. Their work achieves all the educational results that the country is proud of, they, in close cooperation with families, educate patriots of Russia, worthy citizens of the country, future professionals who will ensure our leadership in technical and humanitarian spheres. Neither artificial intelligence nor any other information technologies will ever be able to replace a teacher. Because only a person can instill spirituality, morality, culture, and value systems for life in a person. Our task is to surround teachers with attention, provide decent remuneration and conditions for their noble work," said Sergey Kravtsov.
As the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov, noted, a comprehensive response to all the challenges discussed in the Education Development Strategy is contained in the new model of higher education.
"All of our key instruments that we have created in recent years – the large-scale program to support universities "Priority-2030", advanced engineering schools, student design bureaus and many others – are aimed at transforming the system of higher education. We formulated this task for ourselves several years ago and are consistently and purposefully moving towards obtaining a different result, carefully and evolutionarily changing the existing system. A comprehensive response to all of the challenges mentioned in the strategy is the transition to a new model of higher education," the minister emphasized.
The work of the All-Russian Pedagogical Congress continued with a panel discussion entitled “The Voice of School, University and College: Education through the Eyes of Practitioners.”
Participants and guests of the event also visited the exhibition of educational achievements and the exposition “Journey across Russia”.
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