Over the next two years, the third shift in secondary schools will be eliminated in Russian villages.

This was reported by Deputy Minister of Education Tatyana Sinyugina, who emphasized that about 28 billion rubles would be spent on introducing innovations in rural schools. Money for reorganization measures will be allocated from the federal budget.

It is noteworthy that the most acute and urgent problems of rural schools of the Russian Federation were discussed in the framework of the round table of the Federation Council. As a result, experts from the Ministry of Education and representatives of other competent departments came to the conclusion that it is advisable to liquidate the third shift of education in rural schools of such republics as Chechen, as well as in Ingushetia, Dagestan and Buryatia. The deadline for the elimination of the third shift with all associated processes is until the beginning of 2021.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Education does not intend to close rural schools, even if, on average, two or three students study in the walls of a school for one village.

It will also not be amiss to note that in the next two years it is planned to implement two more programs that are designed to improve the quality of the material and technical base in rural schools and improve their infrastructure.