Warns regional leaders not to reduce their payments to teachers in response to the increase from the federal budget. Says "I will be watching this."
Says salaries for teachers should be raised by 5,000 rubles by September 1.
Says regions must do more to make sure all schools have proper facilities, including facilities for music and art education.
- By Mike Eckel
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin isn't the only one whose tan has drawn attention from the commentariat. (commentariatichiki?)
German Gref, the CEO of state-run bank Sberbank, is also sporting quite a healthy, sunny tan.
Say that almost all schools in Russia now have access to the Internet, but that now they must all have high-speed connections.
Urges the government to determine how many new schools are needed for the growing student population.
Says every child, no matter where they live, should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.
- By Mike Eckel
Putin is definitely going deep in the weeds on the issue of "maternal capital" and how the government payments and subsidies will be structured in coming years.
Among other things, he's proposing what amounts to a 50 percent increase in such subsidies.
His discussion of how mortgage rates vary from region to region is also very deep in the nuts-and-bolts of social policy.
And that's before he pivots to the question of "free quality hot meals" at Russian schools around the country.
He says the government should guarantee free hot means for all students in grades 1 through 4.
Says the necessary infrastructure of kitchens and cafeterias needs to be built in all schools across the country so that free meals can be provided by the beginning of the 2023 school year.
- By Carl Schreck
These subsidies are very popular among Russians, and this move is likely to a domestic political winner for Putin.