Russian Federation : E-Learning Policy to Transform Russian Schools
Russia is reforming its education system to meet the needs of the country's evolving economic structure with its changing focus on information and services. This is known as the information - or knowledge - economy. The reform effort is now be...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2420964/russian-federation-e-learning-policy-transform-russian-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14611 |
| Summary: | Russia is reforming its education system
to meet the needs of the country's evolving economic
structure with its changing focus on information and
services. This is known as the information - or knowledge -
economy. The reform effort is now being expanded to
incorporate the support that technology can give to new
systems of teaching and learning. Currently the Government
of Russia is investing a significant part of its limited
education budget into Information and Computer Technology
(ICT) equipment for general schools and initial vocational
education. The report intends to help to maximize the social
and educational impact of these investments. This report
focuses on the analysis needed to facilitate I C T
integration at the level of general and Initial Vocational
Education (IVE). Both the general and the vocational streams
have fallen behind Higher Education (HE) in the introduction
and integration of ICT. However, IVE has been particularly
neglected, not only in respect of funding for hardware and
software, but also in the design of a curriculum appropriate
to potential employers. From the other hand, recent
international researches demonstrate that Russian general
education falls behind education systems of developed
countries. The report identifies the three primary issues of
educational reform, as recognized internationally, and
discusses them in terms of the part that can be played by
ICT. Russian understanding of the needs created by this
synthesis breaks down as follows: equal access to quality
education; enhanced teaching and learning relevant to the
information age; and appropriate skills to be developed by
students. The report then describes the situation in Russia
as it exists today, including measures already taken by the
government and others, and the continuing barriers to
reform. It ends with a section listing policy options and
recommendations that look towards the medium and long term.
Looking towards the short term, the report concludes with
three broad priority recommendations for early or more
immediate action. This report concentrates on policy issues.
It reviews developments in the context of the three key
issues identified above. The report has been developed by
the World Bank education team and is based on research and
interviews with key policymakers and stakeholders at the
federal and regional levels throughout the Russian Federation. |
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