Russian public officials to have a higher field-specific education from 2017Public officials will need to meet new education, experience and professional qualification requirements to retain their jobs from January 1, 2017.10:52 05.02.2015
Russia's child rights ombudsman vows to prohibit sex education at schoolsRussia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said there would be no sex education lessons in Russia, no matter what Europe says on this matter, Interfax reports on Monday.15:06 01.12.2014
Convicted Nazi sympathizers may be banned from teaching in RussiaThis Thursday, the State Duma received a draft law that prohibits people convicted for justification of Nazism from teaching, TASS reports. The bill was proposed by Liberal Democratic Party member Alexander Starovoitov.14:50 09.10.2014
Estonia to abolish fines for violation of language requirementsEstonia’s Language Inspectorate will stop fining people for an inadequate knowledge of the Estonian language, Minister of Education and Research Jevgeni Ossinovski said in parliament.10:37 05.06.2014
Nigerian government refuses to swap schoolgirls for militants - reportThe Nigerian government on Monday rejected Boko Haram’s offer to exchange captive schoolgirls for imprisoned militants, Agence France Presse reports.11:02 13.05.2014
India's Supreme Court lets primary schools to choose language policy – reportThe Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ruled against government dictating the primary schools’ language policy, The Indian Express reported.13:08 07.05.2014
Estonian court supports ban on tuition in Russian at high schoolsThe Supreme Court of Estonia on Monday rejected an appeal from the Tallinn and Narva governments, upholding the Russian-language teaching ban, the court said on Tuesday.10:54 29.04.2014
Russian police hunt for school test answers leakersPolice is on the hunt for the individuals that are leaking the answers to the standardized school test in the upcoming Unified State Exam, according to the statement released by the Interior Ministry on Friday.14:33 25.04.2014
Education ministry proposes monitoring websites frequented by studentsRussia’s Ministry of Education and Science has proposed monitoring the websites that are most popular among school and university students, reads a statement published on the government’s website of planned legislation on Thursday.12:32 17.04.2014
US teen hits setback in suing parents for tuition, allowance – report18-year-old American student Rachel Canning hit a setback Tuesday in her efforts to compel her parents to provide financial support when a New Jersey court ruled that her parents should not be required to pay her high school tuition, ABC News reported Tuesday.14:06 05.03.2014
Russian library refuses to issue Dreiser novel to childrenA commission of the Pushkin Library in Omsk, Siberia, ruled that Theodore Dreiser’s novel The Financier must not be issued to minors, a library official told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.13:10 04.02.2014
Draft law proposes making law degree prerequisite for prosecutorial workA draft law prohibiting prosecutor's offices from employing people without a legal degree has been submitted to the State Duma.11:47 19.11.2013
Moscow school students to be tested for drug abuseThe Moscow City Duma has approved a bill introducing psychological testing for exposing school students' drug abuse.14:14 13.11.2013
Russian children to continue studying religious culture at school - Supreme CourtRussia's Supreme Court dismissed a motion filed by Dmitry Bondar asking to stop the teaching of the subject the Fundamentals of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics at schools.13:53 18.10.2013
Russian student expelled for hijab sues University for $150A student expelled from The Krasnoyarsk State Medical University won 5,000 rubles ($150) in moral damages, Krasnoyarsk district court told RIA Novosti on Friday.14:24 11.10.2013
North Caucasus region permits headscarves in schoolsThe government of Russia’s predominantly Muslim North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan has permitted wearing headscarves in schools, a spokesman for Dagestan’s education ministry said on Monday.15:07 03.09.2013
Children's ombudsman protests against sex education in schoolsRussian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has sent a letter to Education Minister Dmitry Livanov, governors and his regional colleagues to warn them about the dangers of the planned sex education lessons in schools.16:47 10.07.2013
Education Minister not involved in Moscow institute embezzlement caseEducation and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov is not involved in the embezzlement of funds allocated for the modernization of one of the buildings used by Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS).11:35 27.06.2013
Lower House adopts bill on drug tests in schoolsThe State Duma adopted a bill on testing school students for the use of drugs and psychotropic substances on Wednesday.10:15 16.05.2013
Estonian court upholds ban on teaching in Russian at municipal schoolsThe Tallinn District Court has rejected an appeal from the Tallinn and Narva governments, upholding the Russian-language teaching ban.15:14 23.04.2013