More than 38,000 schools will open in Russia for the new academic year, providing education to 18 million students. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the figures.
Chernyshenko said that around 4 million students would also begin classes at 3,200 colleges across the country.
Two new subjects to be introduced in schools
Russia’s Ministry of Education will add a course titled “Spiritual and Moral Culture of Russia” to the curriculum for fifth-grade students in the new academic year.
A new course titled “Artificial Intelligence and Information Security” will also be launched for students in grades five through eleven.