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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko took part in the plenary session “Demography 2.0. Reboot” as part of the Forum of Social Innovations of the Regions, which is being held in Moscow from September 11 to 13.
President Vladimir Putin sent a welcoming speech. Its text was read by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev: "The agenda of this forum focuses on a wide range of issues related to demographic policy. I would like to emphasize that improving the demographic situation, supporting the birth rate, improving the quality of life of people, promoting the values of a large, large family is a priority national task."
The plenary session was also attended by the Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, the Head of the Republic of Mordovia, Chairman of the State Council Commission on Family Artem Zdunov, the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, the Head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency Veronika Skvortsova, the Chairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov and others.
Valentina Matvienko noted that 10 years have passed since the first forum: "During this time, both the scale of the forum and its authority have grown significantly. Also, the innovative solutions that were tested at the forum have become widespread at both the regional and federal levels."
Dmitry Chernyshenko conveyed best wishes from Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that President Vladimir Putin defined the realization of each person's potential, the development of their talents, and the education of a patriotic and socially responsible person as one of the national goals. Its achievement is facilitated by the national project "Youth and Children".
"We understand that it is impossible to raise a harmoniously developed personality without family values. According to a survey by the Ministry of Education and Science and VTsIOM, 68% of Russian students are confident that starting a family, having and raising children is the most important, necessary goal of a person. Our task is to create conditions for this. The majority of respondents plan to have children – 72%," the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
He added that the development of scientific, technological and educational spheres, youth policy activities help to overcome barriers that worry young people: financial and housing conditions for supporting a family, as well as combining work with raising children.
Thus, over the past 5 years, about 1.7 thousand kindergartens and more than 1.6 thousand schools have been built in the country, and about 5 thousand schools have been renovated, which has made it possible to increase the availability of preschool education and eliminate the third shift in schools.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted the importance of developing children's recreation infrastructure. This summer, about 40 thousand children's camps were operating, in which about 6 million people rested. One of the key tasks for this year is the development of regional resource centers for children's recreation. The annual funding volume for the program to modernize the infrastructure of children's camps has been increased from 2 billion to 3 billion rubles.
Dmitry Chernyshenko emphasized that thanks to the initiative and personal participation of Valentina Matvienko, the program for the construction of prefabricated buildings is being implemented. By the end of this year, 255 residential modules for 12.5 thousand places will be built, and 98 facilities, including canteens and medical centers, will be renovated.
The Deputy Prime Minister spoke about expanding the availability of secondary vocational education (SVE). In 2025, 62% of ninth-graders will continue their education in colleges. This year, Moscow became one of three pilot regions where the law on expanding the availability of SVE is being implemented.
The higher education system has also reached an unprecedented level of accessibility: since 2020, the number of budget places has increased by almost 45 thousand, with about 73% of them being in regional universities.
Thanks to the support of Valentina Matvienko, the first All-Russian Festival of Student Families was held in July of this year, where support measures were discussed in detail.
"The theme of family values will certainly be reflected in the new education strategy that we are developing on the instructions of our President. Valentina Ivanovna, I thank you and the senators for your great attention to the preparation of this fundamental document. At the Federation Council, under your chairmanship, we considered strategic directions for the development of education in the context of modern challenges. The new tasks of the education system are directly related to the demographic agenda. The government will continue to work in this direction," Dmitry Chernyshenko emphasized.
According to Sergei Sobyanin, by exchanging best practices and solutions in the social sphere with other regions, Moscow helps solve their problems and gains experience itself. This allows improving the quality of social services and developing new projects. He also spoke about social support for large families and elderly citizens, about demography, and the development of education.
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