In accordance with the Presidential Executive Order of 7 May 2012, Measures to Implement Government Policy in the Field of Education and Science, the issue of preschool availability for children aged three to seven years is to be resolved by 2016.
Olga Golodets said that all regions had approved roadmaps on this issue. Ten regions have already resolved this issue, including St Petersburg, the Pskov and Tambov Regions, Moscow and Tatarstan. It was announced at the conference call that the issue had been recently resolved in two other regions – the Tyumen Region and Khakassia.
The conference call was attended by Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov and Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare Gennady Onishchenko.