Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members on support measures for various sectors and other current issues on January 27. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members on support measures for various sectors and other current issues on January 27. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets
«We have two big projects underway right now. One is about online education for people with disabilities, and provides for kids who have disabilities and need to study from home. We have 19,000 people using this system. The system is in operation and the quality of the teaching provided is improving all the time. This is one of the priorities for our education system in general. The second system was launched on your instruction in 2014. This is a big programme called Education in Russian. The portal began work in 2014, with 78,000 people as regular listeners. We now have 320,000 regular listeners in 174 countries. Demand for this portal’s services is growing very fast and the portal has 2.5 million users now. We see the biggest demand coming from countries where there is limited access to the Russian language, education in Russian and Russian culture. Demand is highest for classes that teach about Russian culture and Russian and Soviet traditions, and that acquaint users with Russian life. This portal will continue to develop», she stressed.
According to her words these courses also show just what big demand there is for an online school on the domestic and international markets. In other words, there is demand for a full online general school programme in Russia and abroad.
Deputy Prime Minister added: «This project will start work in December 2016. Initially it will be an open educational resource. All subjects, from the first year of school through to the final year of school are being prepared and read now by Russia’s best teachers. Teaching support materials include the best video material we have, the benchmark works in Russian literature, culture and art. This project will work as an auxiliary portal at first and provide an important support resource for Russian education, especially in remote regions. Starting in 2018, it will work as an actual school, in other words, it will be possible to enrol in this school, receive an education, and obtain a school education certificate. The project is designed to function as a school for up to 1 million people, and we hope to have it working at design capacity by 2020».
