The agenda includes priority funding for the construction and renovation of educational institutions, business support in border regions, and additional programmes for training specialists in unmanned vehicle technologies.
Government meeting
Government meeting
Government meeting
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Colleagues, good afternoon,
This week, we celebrate our educators. Yesterday marked the 85th anniversary of the secondary vocational education system, and on 5 October the entire country will celebrate Teacher’s Day.
I sincerely congratulate all those working in this field: educators, teachers, and lecturers. We thank you wholeheartedly for your responsible, dedicated, and invaluable work. I wish you good health, professional fulfilment, and continued success.
The high-quality development of education at every level remains an absolute priority for the government. As part of the Family and Youth and Children national projects, we are carrying out a wide range of initiatives. First of all, we are going to create and modernise educational infrastructure.
Today we are reallocating almost four billion roubles to six regions as part of advanced financing. By moving these funds forward from the next two years to the current year, we can accelerate the construction of schools and kindergartens and carry out major renovations of educational buildings and dormitories at a number of technical schools.
The modernisation programme for secondary vocational education institutions is being implemented on the President’s initiative. The head of state has instructed that these institutions be brought up to standard and equipped with the necessary educational facilities and infrastructure.
We will also allocate an additional 2.3 billion roubles to the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions to renovate and restore kindergartens and schools, ensuring that children can study in modern, well-equipped conditions. I would like to ask the Ministry of Education to strictly monitor both the transfer of funds to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the timely implementation of all planned activities.
The agenda of today’s Government meeting also includes support for the border regions. The President has emphasised the need to give special attention to business development in these territories and to ensure the sustainable operation of industrial, agricultural, and other enterprises.
The Government has been addressing these issues consistently. This year, approximately two billion roubles were allocated to assist companies facing difficulties, allowing them to maintain production, retain skilled specialists, and partially offset payroll costs.
Today, we will additionally allocate over four billion roubles to the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions under the comprehensive recovery programme. These funds will provide businesses with subsidies and preferential loans, as well as resources to cover insurance premiums, resume operations, reduce costs, purchase equipment, and establish the production of goods and services. This support is especially vital now, as it increases the resilience of businesses that create jobs in these regions.
Another issue on the agenda concerns the expansion of funding for personnel training programmes, particularly for the promising unmanned aerial systems industry. Drones are in demand across many sectors: agriculture, logistics, construction, energy, and others. The Government is developing this industry under the relevant national project, and today we will allocate an additional one billion roubles for the current year.
There is strong demand for such specialists from both government agencies and private companies. These resources will can be used to support student training and, importantly, faculty salaries, enabling us to double the number of graduates and train approximately 6,000 additional professionals.
Our country will benefit from more highly trained specialists who will be subsequently able to advance this crucial sector by designing, producing, and operating unmanned systems for a wide range of industries and needs and thereby strengthening our economy.
