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                      HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

       The new academic year has begun. Entrance examinations are over in the
894 higher schools of this country. More than a million new students were
enrolled into universities and institutes.
       About 60 per cent of them entered technological institutes. In the last
several years the number of students in technological institutes has risen by
more than one million bringing the total enrolment to over three million. This
means that young people are interested in the specialities connected with new
branches of science and technology. At present engineers and technical
specialists constitute 40 per cent of graduates from institutes of higher learning
while humanities, natural sciences and pedagogy account for 45 per cent.
       Today a student must assimilate large amounts of new information and it
is growing all the time. Class-rooms are now equipped with TV sets, computers,
video tape-recorders and other training appliances. Lectures and seminars
alternate with laboratory works, discussions, research work and students' self-
training.
       A large part of study time is devoted to basic subjects. This enables future
specialists to attain greater professional knowledge and assimilate modern
methods of research, advanced production technology, its organization and
management. This provides a basis for the study of special subjects and the
organization of practice.
       The present academic year is marked by expansion of new forms of
technical specialization. Specialization plays a major part in planning the
curricula. Usually specialization begins in the third year.
       The state spends large sums on higher education. About 75 per cent of
students receive scholarships and 10 per cent get allowances from enterprises
that sponsored their application.
       Education plays an important part in the life of any country as it provides
the country with highly-qualified specialists for its future development and
progress. Top priority is given to improving the standards of higher education –
especially in science and technology. At the same time some institutes of


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