The Russian Federation. Акопян Л.Г. - 26 стр.

      5.3 Answer the questions
     1) What is the right to education in Russia ensured by?
     2) What are the stages of compulsory schooling in Russia?
     3) What programmes of study do different types of school in Russia offer?
     4) What is a vocational school?
     5) What is necessary for entering a higher education establishment?
     6) What degrees can one get at a higher education establishment?
     7) What is the structure of an institute or a university?
     8) How can you prove that education in Russia is going through a transitional
period?

      5.4 Find the endings to the sentences
1) The Constitution of the Russian Federation …   1) … higher schools ensure this right.
2) Compulsory secondary schools, vocational       2) … primary education, intermediate
schools and …                                     school and senior school
3) Extramural and evening courses are …           3) … states the right to education
4) Our education has also …                       4) … giving knowledge in some field
5) Compulsory schooling includes …                of study
6) Primary and secondary school together …        5) … giving knowledge and skills in
7) Lyceums and gymnasiums offer programs …        some technical field
8) Vocational school offers programs …            6) … going through a period of
9) Higher school offers … a program of …          changes
10) Today the secondary and higher education in   7) … widespread in our education
Russia is …                                       system
                                                  8) … comprise 11 years of study
                                                  9) … the well developed system of
                                                  State scholarships and grants
                                                  10) … subjects for students
      5.5 State which sentences don’t correspond to the text. Correct them
     1) Higher schools are headed by Rectors and prorectors.
     2) Rectors are busy with academic and scientific work in a higher school.
     3) An undergraduate can write a thesis and receive a candidate’s degree or a
doctor’s degree.
     4) The Universities and academics confer candidate and doctoral degrees.
     5) All secondary and higher schools until recently were funded by the state.

    6) The main aim of the education reform in Russia is to establish private fee-paying
primary, secondary and higher schools.
    7) Today there are fee-paying departments in some universities.




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