Digitalization of education in Russia

Main article: IT in Education (EdTech, EduTech)

Early Childhood Education Technology (KidTech)

• Early Childhood Education Technology (KidTech)

Digitalization of school education

Main article: Digitalization of schools in Russia

Single electronic educational space

Main article: Unified electronic educational space of Russia

System of state accounting and statistics in the field of training for medicine and education

Main article: System of state accounting and statistics in the field of training personnel for medicine and education

Artificial Intelligence in Education

Main article: Artificial Intelligence in Education

Distance Learning Technologies

Main article: Distance learning technologies

• LMS System and Project Directory
• Online Education (Russian Market)
• Online Education (Global Market)

Jammers in schools and universities

Main article: Jammers in schools and universities

Digital diplomas

Main article: Digital diplomas

2024

Russia launches a single state platform for online IT education for schoolchildren and students

A single state platform for online education of schoolchildren and students in information technology (IT) is being launched in Russia. The new system will allow students to learn skills in programming, big data analysis and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The launch of the project in September 2024 was announced by the head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maksut Shadayev. According to him, the initiative is being implemented in cooperation with large domestic IT companies.

According to TASS, this initiative is aimed at developing IT skills among school students and university students. As part of the platform, schoolchildren will be able to master modern programming languages ​ ​ and robotics, and students will have the opportunity to study the advanced technologies in demand in the labor market. According to Shadayev, such programs are necessary for the training of specialists who will contribute to the technological development of Russia.

A single state platform for online education of schoolchildren and students in information technology is launched in Russia

For students studying in IT specialties, several additional programs will be introduced that will improve the quality of education. One of these programs provides for the mandatory participation of IT companies in the educational process, which will allow students to gain experience in working with real projects already during the training period. The second program is aimed at in-depth training of international specialists who will play a key role in promoting domestic technologies in the world market. The third program will focus on training "engineers of the future" who can develop and implement the latest technologies in various industries.

The unified online platform will become part of the national project "Data Economics" and will be available for both schoolchildren and students. It will create the conditions for continuous training and advanced training in the field of IT. Students will be able to get a second major related to information technology, which will increase their chances of employment in high-tech industries.^[1]

The National Dictionary Fund is being created in Russia - in the form of a single digital resource

In Russia, by January 31, 2027, the National Dictionary Fund should be created - a unique digital resource that will combine the data of the dictionaries of the Russian language collected over the past three centuries. This became known in August 2024. This project is being implemented on behalf of the Russian government, and the operator and customer will be the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Read more here.

A unified register of digital documents on education is being created in Russia

In February 2024, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on an experiment to form digital documents on education and create an appropriate register. Read more here.

GIS of education quality assessment appeared in Russia

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a government decree on the rules for the formation and maintenance of the Federal Information System for Assessing the Quality of Education. This was announced on February 18, 2024 by the press service of the Cabinet. By this time, the approved document has not yet been published. Read more here.

2023

Russian schools and universities spent 1.83 billion rubles on VR glasses over the year

Russian educational institutions in 2023 spent about 1.83 billion rubles on the purchase of VR glasses for educational purposes. This equipment was actively purchased for OBZH offices and virtual reality classes in schools and universities throughout the country. This is evidenced by the data of Roseltorg, published in June 2024. Read more here.

Mishustin approved a strategy for digital transformation of education. Main provisions

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the strategic direction in the field of digital transformation of education. The corresponding document was published in October 2023. The previous version of the strategy from 2021 has lost its force. It is noted that the adjustment of the strategy was required, among other things, to update the list of "the most relevant and demanded technological areas and solutions in the field of artificial intelligence."

According to the document, the strategic direction is approved until 2030 and in stages covers pre-school education, primary general education, basic general education, secondary general education, secondary vocational education, as well as relevant additional education. The authors of the strategy are counting on the following results of its implementation by 2030:

• students, parents (legal representatives) and teachers are provided with equal access free of charge to verified digital educational content that creates equal educational opportunities for all participants in educational relations, aimed at implementing educational programs, building individual educational trajectories, as well as increasing the professional competence of teachers (project "Library of digital educational content");
• students, parents (legal representatives) and pedagogical workers are given the opportunity, taking into account the selection of verified digital educational content, to build an individual training plan in accordance with the interests and abilities of the student, receive professional psychological and pedagogical advice, manage the educational trajectory in accordance with the level of training and interests, interact with mentors (project "Digital student assistant");
• parents (legal representatives) are given opportunities to organize the educational activities of the student, receive professional psychological and pedagogical advice (project "Digital Assistant to the Student");
• students, parents (legal representatives) and teachers are given the opportunity to manage the educational trajectory, academic and personal achievements, as well as the opportunity to form a package of documents for their submission for training in secondary vocational or higher education programs (the formation of the student's digital portfolio is carried out with the consent of parents (legal representatives) (Project "Student's Digital Portfolio");
• teachers and students are provided with the possibility of using automated verification of homework and planning educational programs with the involvement of artificial intelligence systems, a simplified effective system has been formed to help identify, develop and support talents in children, as well as the possibility of reducing the administrative burden on teachers and providing professional psychological and pedagogical advice to students and their parents (legal representatives) (project "Digital Teacher Assistant");
• educational organizations, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local authorities have the opportunity to introduce electronic document management, which allows reducing the level of bureaucratization of educational activities, will make it possible to make management decisions based on big data analysis using intelligent algorithms (project "Management system in an educational organization").

In Russia, adopted a law on the creation of GIS assessment of the quality of education

On July 25, 2023, the State Duma in the third (final) reading adopted a law on the creation in Russia of the Federal Information System for the Assessment of the Quality of Education (GIS "FIS OKO"). Rosobrnadzor has been appointed its operator. Read more here.

7 tasks of digitalization of Russian education named

Russian teachers see the digital transformation of education (technical service centre) as an inevitable process of changing the content, methods and organizational forms of educational work, which is unfolding in a rapidly developing digital educational environment and is aimed at solving the problems of the country's socio-economic development in the context of the fourth industrial revolution and the formation of a digital economy. This is stated in a study by the Higher School of Economics, published in 2023. Experts have identified 7 main tasks of digitalization of Russian education.

• Development of material infrastructure. This includes the construction of data centers, the emergence of new communication channels and devices for the use of digital educational and methodological materials.
• Introduction of digital programs. In other words, the creation, testing and use of teaching materials using machine learning technologies, artificial intelligence, and so on.
• Development of online learning. Phasing out paper media.
• Development of new training management systems (WMS). In distance education, WCS are called programs for the administration and control of training courses. Such applications provide equal and free access for students to knowledge, as well as the flexibility of learning.
• Development of a universal student identification system.
• Creation of educational institution models. To understand where school and university education should move in terms of technology, we need examples of how this should work ideally: using new WCS, tools and devices of Industry 4.0, and so on.
• Improving the skills of teachers in the field of digital technology.

As noted in the study, the spread of digital technologies contributes to qualitative changes in the field of production and in global markets. These changes also capture the field of education. Natural resources and cheap labor, which are still important, become secondary factors in social and economic development in the transition from mass production of standardized products to the production of publicly available individualized products. It is based on the synthesis of previously established material production (new materials, automated design/production) and digital technologies (CT), which leads to the widespread use of artificial intelligence methods and the spread of the Internet of Things (IoT). Smart products are becoming the norm in a world where intelligent computerized devices (robots ), complexes and networks consisting of them acquire the ability to interact in the preparation and deployment of automated production processes, experts say.

According to them, investments in the development of the digital infrastructure of the education system should be correlated with the expectations of stakeholders regarding the effects. Information technologies really contribute to improving the efficiency of teaching and learning in the classroom by implementing deep integration with education and teaching, improve entrance and exit benefits, contribute to improving the quality of life of students, and support changes in the model of the educational process. This is what should become the direction of future transformation and development of training, the HSE is confident.

CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION IN RUSSIA AND CHINA

How education is digitalized in Russia and what is planned

One of the directions of the concept of technological development, Russia which was adopted at the end of May 2023, is the digital transformation of the educational sphere. About this process in early July 2023 "" To news told in the largest universities. RUSSIAN FEDERATION

According to the rector of the Central University Yevgeny Ivashkevich, the digital transformation taking place by July 2023 is already changing the education landscape and determining several key trends, including:

• the increasing role of digital technology in the learning process itself;
• personalization of the educational program for each student;
• Development of digital tools for confirming individual qualifications and skills for IT professionals other than the usual university diplomas
• flexible adaptation of educational programs to the needs of the labor market and strengthening ties between educational institutions and employers;
• strengthening connections between universities, exchange of training courses and the creation of network educational structures.

The Higher School of Economics (HSE) believes that the need to quickly respond to market demands and the increasing speed of technological innovation will lead to a revision of the entire education system and the development of an ecosystem approach.

It is important that the educational environment is open to maximize the potential of its users, taking into account the ongoing changes in labor demand, ensuring an effective end-to-end process of program formation, technology transfer and targeted training, which includes the advanced development of competencies and skills, - explained to the publication at the Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics.

Maxim Kiselev, General Director of ANO Human Capital Development, believes that with the advent of digitalization, the paradigm of education in Russia should also change, it should become more practice-oriented.

Education is not about stuffing knowledge in the head, but about the possibility of applying this knowledge later. It seems to me that the emphasis of our education for many years has been shifted just in the first direction, "he added.

By July 2023, Russia continues to implement the strategy of digital transformation of science and higher education, which was developed by the Ministry of Education and Science. This document consists of 7 projects:

• "Datahab" (data management system in the field of science and higher education, the purpose of which is to improve the quality of data and systematize work with them for their use in making management decisions);
• "Digital Transformation Architecture" (dDigital Transformation Architecture);
• Digital University (a project aimed at creating and developing digital services in the field of science and higher education, covering all types of business processes);
• "Unified Service Platform of Science" (it should become a single ecosystem of services for research and development, in order to improve their quality and availability, as well as reduce costs by creating a single exchange of research and the necessary infrastructure);
• "Marketplace of software and equipment" (according to this project, a unified information environment for interaction between educational organizations and suppliers and vendors of equipment and software should be formed, as well as unified tools for monitoring the level of digitalization of educational organizations should be created);
• "Digital education" (a project aimed at increasing the level of digital competencies of students, scientific and pedagogical workers, as well as the formation of a competent team for managing the digital transformation process);
• "Service Hub" (will be a single service system for the digital transformation of business processes of the Ministry of Education and Science and universities. The main goal of the project is to organize and regulate business processes by creating an information system).^[2]

2022

Russia has developed a digital platform to support project activities in education

In October 2022, it became known about the creation in Russia of a digital platform to support project activities in universities. This is the development of the Moscow Polytechnic University. Read more here.

QR codes with data on student skills will be added to college graduates' diplomas in Russia

QR codes with data on student skills will be added to college graduates' diplomas in Russia. The press service of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation announced this on August 18, 2022.

In accordance with the order of the department, according to two-dimensional matrix codes that will be used by educational organizations implementing secondary vocational education programs, full information will be available on the student's competencies - both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The QR code will open access to the graduate's digital competency passport, the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, the appendices to the diploma from 2023 will include information on the content and conditions of practical training in the educational programs of the federal project "Professionalism," including information on the place of study and production practice and on the types of activities mastered by the student.

The order will come into force on March 1, 2023.

In May 2022, it became known that the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is working on the issue of using QR codes in education and qualification documents so that employers have access to the graduate's portfolio.

According to the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Pyotr Kucherenko, the Ministry of Education and Science has prepared proposals "for the formation of a digital profile of the competencies and achievements of a citizen." It is proposed to include individual documented achievements, "presented in accordance with the procedure for admission to training in educational programs of higher education - bachelor's programs, specialty programs, master's programs." In particular, we are talking about achievements in professional sports, including the status of a medalist of the Olympic Games, world championships, Europe, TRP insignia, diplomas with honors about existing education, volunteer activities, participation in schoolchildren's olympiads.^[3]

Mishustin made it easier for universities and scientific organizations to purchase computers and software

At the end of May 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree that simplified the procedure for purchasing materials and equipment for scientific and educational organizations. The list includes chemicals, computers and software, electronic and optical equipment.

Now, as the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported on May 27, 2022, scientific and educational organizations will be able to purchase such goods through an electronic quotation request, which will significantly reduce the procurement time. The procedure for purchases through an electronic quotation request will not depend on the contract price and the annual volume of purchases.

Previously, universities and research centers bought the necessary equipment using an open competition, which excluded the possibility of operational purchases.

It is assumed that the initiative of the Government of the Russian Federation will reduce the risks of a shortage of imported equipment and avoid the disruption of planned research, development and technological work.

In April 2022, the Russian government submitted to the State Duma a law on simplifying the public procurement system under sanctions. The bill proposes to exclude procurement information from the public field in order to protect public procurement participants from the risk of sanctions.

The Russian authorities are receiving assistance aimed at preventing the emergence of a shortage of equipment in the country, including computers. We are talking about parallel imports, which means the import of goods into the territory of Russia without the permission of the copyright holder. Such imports existed in Russia even before the sanctions, but on a relatively small scale. Back at the end of March 2022, the authorities officially gave the go-ahead for it, and a little later canceled fines for the absence of Russian applications on imported electronics.^[4]

2021

Updating the PC fleet in Russian universities to computers with Baikal and Elbrus processors

On December 13, 2021, it became known about the renewal of the fleet of personal computers in Russian universities: instead of foreign equipment, systems based on domestic processors Baikal"" and "" will be used.Elbrus

As the To the businessman"" deputy head clarified, Ministry of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak we are talking about the replacement of computer equipment in educational institutions that train specialists in the field of radio electronics. As the first place for import substitution of PCs, the Association of Universities for Electronic Component Base was chosen (it includes,, and MIET MEPHI SFU another 29 universities engaged in the training of engineering personnel for radio electronics).

The company MCST (developer of Elbrus processors) noted that its equipment is already in the classes MTUSI and. In MIIT turn, in "," Baikal Electronics the developer of the Baikal processors, they said that the system unit on it costs 60 thousand. rubles The general director of the company Andrey Evdokimov noted that 1,500 jobs in universities will cost 100 million rubles, but both server infrastructure and supercomputer clusters should be transferred to Russian hardware platforms, so the project costs may be much higher.

According to Alexei Parfentiev, head of analytics at SearchInform, Russian processors are lagging behind their foreign counterparts in performance by December 2021, so more equipment will be required to perform everyday tasks. Another problem is that universities will actually have to buy hardware and programs. In addition, everything foreign cannot be ruled out, because graduates enter the labor market and they need to know a wide variety of infrastructure and programs, the expert added.

A top manager of a large Russian IT company told the publication that the main barrier to the implementation of this project is the lack of a software ecosystem, especially engineering, around computers on the Baikal and Elbrus platforms^[5]

Mishustin approved the strategic direction in the field of digital transformation of general education

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the strategic direction in the field of digital transformation of education until 2030. The corresponding document was published on December 7, 2021 on the official Internet portal of legal information.

It said the strategic direction covered all levels of general education as well as secondary vocational education. The direction belongs to the sphere of activity of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

According to the order of the Government of the Russian Federation, in the process of implementing the direction, artificial intelligence technologies, big data, cloud services, etc. will be introduced into the educational system. On their basis, platforms will be created:

• " Digital Apprentice Assistant";
• "Digital Parent Assistant";
• "Digital Teaching Assistant";
• " Student Digital Portfolio";
• "Digital Educational Content Library."

It is assumed that such services will make it possible to use digital educational content in the implementation of in-depth programs, individual educational trajectories, and increase the professional level of teachers.

Verification of homework thanks to artificial intelligence can also be automated, it is possible to collect a digital portfolio of a student for admission to a university and college.

The goal of digital transformation is to provide effective information support to participants in educational relations within the framework of organizing the education process and managing educational activities, the document says.

To implement the strategic direction, it is envisaged to introduce radioelectronic products (including data storage systems and server equipment, automated workplaces, software and hardware systems, communication equipment, video surveillance systems) of Russian origin: in 2022 their share should be 37.5%, in 2023 - 39.5%, in 2024 - 40.8%, in 2030 - 100%.^[6][7]

Creating a register of educational online services

At the end of November 2021, it became known that the Federal Register of Electronic Educational Resources was being created in Russia. The corresponding bill was previously approved by the State Duma in the first reading. Read more here.

Mishustin allowed biometric identification of students at the final certification in universities

In September 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a government decree that allowed the use of the Unified Biometric System (EBS) when conducting final certification at universities in the 2021/2022 academic year. The innovation will be available to students who study in undergraduate, specialty and master's programs. Read more here.

Introduction of a single electronic credit book in universities

The head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maksut Shadayev in early September 2021 announced the upcoming introduction of a single electronic credit book in universities. According to the minister, the innovation will work in early 2022. Read more here.

Russian universities began to accept online exams with identification through the EBS

On July 8, 2021, it became known about the use of biometrics to identify university students passing exams. Seven universities are involved in this experiment. Read more here.

The Ministry of Education named 5 priorities for the digital transformation of general education in the regions

In early June 2021, it became known about the five main directions of the digital transformation of general education in the regions of Russia. They were listed by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. Read more here.

Russian developers ask "Enlightenment" about the compatibility of electronic textbooks with Russian OS

In mid-April 2021, it became known about a letter from the Association of Software Developers "Domestic Software" to the publishing house "Enlightenment." The authors of the appeal ask to ensure the compatibility of the application developed by the publishing house for working with electronic textbooks with Russian operating systems. Read more here.

The Ministry of Digital Development launched a large-scale project to transfer universities to domestic software

On April 13, 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation announced the launch of a large-scale project to transfer Russian universities to domestic software. IT import substitution began at the Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman, the implementation of this initiative was taken up by the Voskhod Research Institute. Read more here.

Mishustin approved online defense of dissertations on an ongoing basis

In March 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a government decree on a new procedure for defending dissertations. One of the points concerns protection via the Internet.

The document gives dissertation councils the right to hold meetings online, which was introduced as one of the measures to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus, on an ongoing basis. Council members and opponents will be able to take part in them remotely, which will greatly simplify the organization and the certification process itself, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reports.

The possibility of online defense of dissertations was introduced during the coronavirus pandemic in May 2020 by government decree No. 751. The new document, Resolution No. 751, is recognized as invalid, and the norms on remote defense of dissertations are prescribed in the provision on the award of academic degrees.

The government decree of March 20, 2021 expands the provisions on the award of academic degrees, approved by Government Decree No. 842 "On the Procedure for Awarding Academic Degrees" of September 24, 2013 in relation to the procedure for defending dissertations by the format of remote presence of members of the dissertation council "using video conferencing, subject to audiovisual contact with the meeting participants.

In addition, the meeting of the dissertation council is recorded in the form of a transcript and audio-video recording, with mandatory recording on the audio-video recording of the presence of all members of the dissertation council and opponents, as well as speeches by an applicant for a degree, opponents, members of the dissertation council and other persons present at this meeting.

In the case of online presence of members of the dissertation council, after the completion of the defense of the dissertation, a separate secret ballot is held via the Internet to award a degree.^[8]

Students were allowed to take exams remotely using the EBS

Students in Russia will be able to take exams remotely with face identification. This was announced on March 7, 2021 by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers. Read more here.

2020

The Government of the Russian Federation presented the results of the digitalization of higher education. Report

On June 8, 2021, the Government of the Russian Federation presented a report on the implementation of state policy in the field of education at the end of 2020. Part of the document is devoted to digitalization.

The report includes data on the monitoring of the education system, as well as information generated on the basis of data from federal statistical monitoring and departmental monitoring. The publication D-Russia draws attention to the parts of the document related to information technology:

• In 2020, the Ministry of Education and Science provided 44 universities with subsidies in the amount of 423.5 million rubles for financial and methodological support for the digitalization of institutions. Since 2022, such support has been included in the national project "Science and Universities" with a total funding of 3.8 billion rubles.

• On the basis of educational organizations located in rural areas and in small towns, in 80 constituent entities of the Russian Federation in 2020, 2951 Center for the Education of Digital and Humanitarian Profiles "Growth Point" was created

• The share of state secondary educational institutions connected to the Internet in 2020 amounted to 73.22% with a planned value of 63.6%.

• An event was launched on additional equipment with computer, multimedia, presentation equipment and software as part of an experiment to modernize primary general, basic general and secondary general education, including it is planned to allocate funds from the federal budget in the form of subsidies to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the purchase of equipment - in the amount of 8.8 billion rubles for equipment in 2021-2022 3314 educational organizations.

• ITMO University has developed the information resource "Modern Digital Educational Environment" (SCOS). In 2020, more than 1.7 million people were trained at online SCOS courses.^[9]

Report of the Government of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the implementation of state policy in the field of education

Ministry of Education will teach teachers to work with digital platforms

On August 20, 2020, the Ministry of Education announced the creation of a digital educational environment (DSP) to teach teachers how to work with digital platforms. When implementing this initiative, the department intends to use the experience of already implemented federal and regional projects in the field of education, as well as the experience of major players in the Russian education market, said  Alexander Lyamin, Deputy Director of the Department of Digital Transformation and Big Data of the Russian Ministry of Education. Read more here.

The study of artificial intelligence will be included in the school curriculum in Russia

At the end of February 2020, it became known that the study of artificial intelligence will be included in the school curriculum in Russia. The new subject will appear in the program in 2021 - it will begin to be introduced gradually. In three years, the system will begin to study in half of educational institutions.

In addition, in all regions of the country from 2021, the All-Russian Olympiad on artificial intelligence starts, giving benefits for admission to universities, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the draft roadmap for the development of AI in Russia. The document was developed by Sberbank and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

It is assumed that the Ministry of Education in 2021 will test the training modules "Artificial Intelligence" as part of the main general education programs in at least 1% of general education organizations, and by the end of 2024 will provide coverage to at least 50% of general education organizations.^[10]

The authors of the initiative also propose to improve the qualifications of artificial intelligence in more than 15 thousand teachers in Russia. These events will be held within the framework of the federal project. 

According to  Alexei Ushakov, associate professor of the Department of Information Technologies at Altai State Pedagogical University (AltGPU), the feasibility of including artificial intelligence in the school curriculum is in question, since there are more questions than answers.

On the one hand, yes, this is an urgent topic, on the other hand, I do not really understand what results and what means are planned to be achieved in the end. It would be reasonable for the statement of such a project to begin with an analysis of the current situation in the field, justifying the relevance of the set goals and methods of achieving them, "he said in a conversation with the Regnum agency.

2019: Half of Russians support digitalization of education

Half of Russians support the digitalization of education, while 35% of the country's residents support the digitalization of only additional education. This was stated on Monday, September 2, 2019, by the deputy chairman of the Youth Parliament under the State Duma Dmitry Shatunov.

Dmitry Shatunov noted that he conducted a survey social networks in order to understand the attitude of Russians to the digitalization of education.

Half of the respondents, mainly young people, supported the digitalization of education, 35% did not, they said that modern technologies can be actively used only in the field of additional education. Another 15% of Russians, these were people over 30 years old, said that schools are not yet ready for digitalization,

He said that the digitalization of education can be carried out not only at the school level, but also at the university level. For example, in universities, electronic acceptance of tests can be introduced, but such decisions must be made by the universities themselves. According to Dmitry Shatunov, digitalization of education allows you to create a more flexible educational system.

Today, 64% of children who study in schools and universities do not work in the first specialty after graduation. This is due, among other things, to the fact that many professions are dying. Therefore, modern students must be able to get the necessary knowledge themselves,

2014: Digitalization of education in the "Concept of informatization of regions": emphasis on remote services

In December 2014, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the "Concept of Informatization of Regions," calculated until 2018. According to her, the focus of the development of ICT solutions in the field of education in the regions will be such tasks as remote submission of applications for enrollment in educational organizations (from preschool to higher), remote access to information about academic performance, the development of distance learning, including for people with disabilities, accounting systems in educational institutions from the "cloud."

In the field of education, regional informatization is carried out taking into account the state program of the Russian Federation "Development of Education" for 2013-2020, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 15, 2014 No. 295 "On the approval of the state program of the Russian Federation" Development of Education "for 2013 - 2020", and Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2012 No. 599 "On measures to implement state policy in the field of education and science."

Its goal is to develop infrastructure and organizational and economic mechanisms that ensure equal availability of preschool, general and additional education services, modernize educational programs, including through the use of information technologies in the educational process, and increase management efficiency at all levels of the educational system of the Russian Federation.

To do this, it is recommended to ensure at the regional level the use of distance forms for submitting applications, registration and enrollment in the organization of preschool, secondary, vocational, higher, as well as additional education, distance access to information on academic performance, exam results, certification. When applying for services in the field of education in electronic form to reduce the time costs of citizens, as well as to simplify the receipt of these services, it is advisable to ensure interdepartmental and interlevel interaction provided for by law with the internal affairs bodies, civil registration bodies, guardianship and guardianship, social protection and other bodies and organizations.

In order to modernize education, in order to achieve the modern quality of educational results and the results of socialization, it is recommended to develop at the regional level the tools of electronic, including distance, education with the possibility of video presence for people with disabilities. To improve the quality of education management, it is necessary to form information systems for accounting for students in educational institutions. To reduce the cost of creating and operating the same type of information systems in the field of education, it is advisable to consider the possibility of using "cloud" technologies.

Federal executive authorities, state authorities of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies authorized in the field of education are recommended to adjust legal acts in order to use electronic forms of keeping journals and diaries and submit reporting forms.

2013: The largest projects of informatization of education in the regions

According to the portal of state procurement of the Russian Federation, for 18 months from January 2012 to June 2013, the largest projects in the field of informatization of the education sector of the country's regions with a budget of 100 million rubles or more were mainly equipment purchases: this includes both automated teacher workplaces and other software and hardware complexes used in schools.

The largest contract for 18 months was concluded between the Departments of Education and Science of the Primorsky Territory and DPI-Projects: 334 million rubles were spent on the supply of equipment for schools.

15 largest education informatization projects in the regions 2012-first ½ of 2013

№	Project Name	Contract value, rubles	Customer	Signing and Ending Dates	Contractor
1	Equipment and Software Systems	334 000 000	Department of Education and Science of Primorsky Krai	11.2012-Completed	DPI Projects
2 and Software Package Delivery	290 563 831	Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of North Ossetia	06.2012-12.2012	Trade-M
3	Delivery of training and laboratory equipment kits	280 000 000	Ministry of Education and Science of Samara Region	06.2012-12.2012	GC School Project
4	Procurement of equipment for digital laboratories of educational institutions	214 345 280	Ministry of General and Vocational Education of Rostov Region	07.2012-12.2012	Southern Reserve
5	Delivery of computer and multimedia equipment	173 020 550	Ministry of Education of Saratov Region	06.2012-12.2012	173 020 550
6	Delivery of educational and laboratory equipment for primary classes	149 235 388	Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan	06.2012-10.2012	149 235 388
7	Delivery of automated workplaces for teachers	134 325 000	Department of Education and Science of Krasnodar Territory	07.2012-12.2012	Sinteg
8	Delivery of computer-interactive equipment kits	132 255 878	Ministry of Education of Penza Region	08.2012-10.2012	Pilot plus
9	Delivery of automated workplaces for teachers	127 276 146	Department of Education and Science of Krasnodar Territory	07.2012-12.2012	Polymedia
10	Purchase of mobile computer class	125 606 075	Ministry of General and Vocational Education of Rostov Region	08.2012-12.2012	Modern Educational Technologies
11	Delivery of computer equipment	115 000 000	Ministry of Education and Science of Samara Region	07.2012-12.2012	Аксус-Samara
12	Delivery of automated workplaces for teachers	111 597 750	Department of Education and Science of Krasnodar Territory	07.2012-12.2012	Ruspromtechservice
13	Delivery of automated workplaces for teachers	106 920 000	Department of Education and Science of Krasnodar Territory	07.2012-12.2012	Ruspromtechservice
14	Delivery of computer equipment kits	100 090 099	Ministry of Education of Irkutsk Region	08.2012-12.2012	DPI - Projects
15	Automated workplaces for first-grade teachers	77 942 028	Ministry of Education of Stavropol Krai	09.2012-09.2012	Grand Furniture Group

TAdviser Center, 2013

2011

FTP for Education Development 2011-2015

Main article: FTP Education Development 2011-2015

With regard to the automation of the education sector in the Russian Federation, the fundamental conceptual programs are the state program "Information Society" and the Federal Target Program (FTP) for the development of education for 2011-2015^[11] is until 2015.

The Information Society State Enterprise has the following goals, the implementation of which is entrusted to the Ministry of Education and Science: the creation and development of information systems, electronic services designed to improve the quality of services in the field of education and science; social adaptation and development of creative abilities of persons with disabilities through the use of modern information technologies and distance learning technologies; submission of electronic documents to higher educational institutions with the application of the results of the Unified State Exam (USE).

The FTP "Development of Education" in terms of informatization of education laid down the following goals:

As for the federal target program "Development of Education," then, according to the official passport of the program^[12], the total amount of its financing is 139.77 billion rubles, of which 55.8 billion at the expense of the federal budget, at the expense of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation - 67.07 billion rubles, at the expense of extrabudgetary sources - 16.9 billion rubles.

One of the final results of the federal target program was announced the introduction and effective use of new information services, training systems and technologies, electronic educational resources of a new generation; equipping with modern educational and production, computer equipment and software of educational institutions of vocational education.

The budget for IT of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for 2012 amounted to 675 million rubles, almost the same as in 2011 (700 million rubles)^[13].

The largest informatization projects in education for 1.2 billion rubles

According to the public procurement portal, in 2011, in the field of informatization of education, the state concluded contracts for an amount exceeding 1.2 billion rubles.

The largest contracts were contracts for the creation of an expert and analytical system for the distribution of control figures for the admission of citizens studying at the expense of the federal budget (98 million rubles, IBS contractor) and for the development of technological solutions and models for organizing and conducting automated procedures for assessing the quality of education (94.5 million rubles, Infocompass).

The largest state contracts in the field of education automation, concluded in 2011

Project Short Name	Contractor	Deadline for execution of works	Contract value, thousand rubles
Expert and analytical system for making decisions on the distribution of control figures for the admission of citizens studying at the expense of the federal budget	IBS Expertise	December 2013	98 000
Development of technological solutions and models for organizing and conducting automated procedures for assessing the quality of education	Infocompass	December 2013	94 500
Information support on the Internet of the Federal Target Program for the Development of Education for 2011-2015	ODO "IMA System Management Advertising Marketing Communication Technologies Group"	December 2013	73 500
Creation of components of the federal information system to ensure admission to educational institutions of HPE and SPO	Infocompass	December 2013	71 500
Modernization of the technology for preparing, conducting and processing the results of the exam in computer science in computer form	Infocompass	November 2012	64 700
Creation of standard solutions for ensuring information security of organizations at the federal and regional levels participating in the preparation and conduct of the Unified State Exam	PC House	March 2012	61 880
Development of mechanisms and technologies for implementing state accreditation of educational institutions and scientific organizations based on ICT	Craftway	December 2013	58 400
Creation and replication of standard solutions for automation of licensing of educational activities and state accreditation of educational institutions at the level of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation	Software Product	June 2013	57 950
Creation of information system for automation of control and supervision activities for educational institutions	Infocompass	August 2012	56 200
Providing information and methodological assistance to the transition to the provision of regional and municipal services and services in the field of education using ICT tools	RBC Center	December 2013	56 177
Development of information and program infrastructure for monitoring quality indicators of HPE OU on the basis of complexes of automation of activities of quality systems of universities	Ulyanov St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" (Lenin)	December 2013	54 125
Development of an information system ensuring automation of control and supervision activities of the state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation performing the transferred powers of the Russian Federation in the field of education	Software Product	August 2012	51 000
Creation of a standard solution for educational institutions that ensures the automation of admission to educational institutions of HPE and SPO, as well as the provision of information to the register of issued documents on state-issued education	Infocompass	November 2013	46 500
Development of the federal information system for accounting and monitoring of expert activities in the procedures of the education quality assessment system	Software Product	August 2012	45 949
Testing of scientific and methodological approaches to assessing the quality of education in computer form and developing the concept of conducting the Unified State Exam in computer form	SEI HPE Moscow Institute of Open Education	December 2012	42 500
Development and testing of technologies for video projection and video broadcasting of the Unified State Exam, identification of cellular communication devices, suppression of systems and mobile communications and mobile data transmission at the USE points	PM Expert	August 2012	38 000
Support and coordination of projects to create a unified education information system	PM Expert	December 2013	37 900
Establishment and support of a telephone service centre (technical service centre) for the implementation of procedures within the framework of the education quality assessment system	Nienschanz	December 2013	36 500
Development of information system for formation and maintenance of database on recognition and establishment of equivalence of foreign documents on education	Гетнет Consulting	August 2012	35 800
Creation and maintenance of an integrated portal of the all-Russian education quality assessment system	Infocompass	December 2012	35 700
Creation of the federal segment of the technology of preparation, conduct and processing of the results of the state (final) certification of 9th grade graduates in a new form (GIA9)	Nienschanz	August 2012	31 200
Development and testing of a set of measures to monitor and control the publication of KIM on the Internet	SEI HPE Moscow Institute of Open Education	August 2012	21 500
Creation of a database of the results of Olympiads of schoolchildren for the purpose of presenting information to applicants to higher and secondary educational institutions	Craftway	December 2012	19 000
Testing of models for the formation of regional methodological centers for organizing the provision of regional and municipal services and education services using ICT tools	Prime Group	December 2012	18 357
		Total	1 206 838

TAdviser Center, Public Procurement Portal, July 2012

2009: Index of readiness of the education system of the regions of the Russian Federation for the information society

According to the Information Russia Society Regional Readiness Index for 2008-2009^[14] (The 2009-2010 index is not yet available in electronic form) and, in particular, the data of the ICT in sub-index, education which characterizes the readiness of the system formations for electronic development, the top ten leaders were the Republic of Chuvashia, Khabarovsk, Belgorod and Murmansk regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Republic of Karelia, Yamalo-Nenets and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Yaroslavl Region and Krasnodar Territory.

Index of readiness of the education system of the regions of the Russian Federation for the information society

IRIO 2010

The first two of the listed regions were in the top ten and in the Index 2005-2006. Significant progress on this indicator is noticeable in the Belgorod region and the Krasnodar Territory, while Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad region dropped out of the leaders, dropping by more than ten points. The rest of the regions in the top ten have only changed places.

The group of outsiders (regions occupying the last ten places) is formed by the Oryol, Arkhangelsk, Omsk and Ryazan regions, the Republics of Udmurtia, Bashkortostan, Tuva, Dagestan, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and Ingushetia. It should be noted that most of these regions occupy the last places since the beginning of the survey, that is, since 2006. At the same time, the indicators of the Republic of Tuva, as well as the Oryol and Arkhangelsk regions, noticeably worsened. There is a significant improvement in the positions of the Tver, Tula, Kirov and Volgograd regions.

It is noteworthy that there is a significant gap between the regions of Russia in terms of the indicators of the sub-index "ICT in Education." So, according to the number of PCs used in the educational process, per 100 students, the best situation is observed in the Chukotka (11.1) and Yamalo-Nenets (10.9) autonomous districts, and the worst - in the Chechen Republic (2.3) and Ingushetia (1.0). The gap between the highest and lowest values ​ ​ of this baseline indicator exceeds 11 times. The average value in Russia was 6.2 pc per 100 students at the beginning of the 2009/2010 school year (4.0 pc at the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year, the gap was 6 times). The increase in the gap is due to a significant improvement in the indicators of the leading regions, while in the lagging regions the situation practically did not change.

As you know, during the implementation of the federal project of broadband connection of schools to the Internet within the framework of the national project "Education," as well as thanks to the support of educational institutions in certain regions, in 2008-2009. the intensive process of informatization of the education system continued. As a result, most schools in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation were connected to the Internet.

According to growth data, at the beginning of the 2009/2010 school year there was a double difference between the regions in the share of educational institutions connected to the Internet at speeds of 128 kbit and higher: 47.4% in the Republic of Tuva and 100% in the Tyumen Region (at the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year this difference was three times).

By the number of PCs in the LAN for 100 students of secondary schools (Yamalo-Nenets (8.7) and Chukotka (8.3) autonomous districts are again in the lead, the lowest values ​ ​ of this indicator are in the Chechen Republic (0.7) and Ingushetia (0.4). The average value of the indicator in Russia was in 2008-2009. 4.5 PCs in LAN per 100 students. The gap in this indicator, although it has narrowed by an order of magnitude compared to the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year, is almost 22 times today. In terms of the number of PCs connected to the Internet, the gap reaches 22.7 times per 100 students, and it has practically not decreased compared to the previous period (23.4 times).

The analysis of these data also shows that at the beginning of the 2009/2010 academic year, access of educational institutions of the Russian Federation to ICT tools has generally improved compared to the previous period. The obvious reason for this is the implementation of the federal project "Informatization of the education system," the project of broadband connection of schools to the Internet within the framework of the national project "Education" and a series of regional educational initiatives.

Electronic Educational Resources

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2011: Development of more than 2 thousand electronic educational resources

In 2011, more than 2 thousand electronic educational resources were developed as part of the project "Development of new generation electronic educational Internet resources, including cultural and educational services, as well as remote general and vocational training systems (e-learning), including for the use of people with disabilities," the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation^[15] Science^[15].

The main goal of the project is a qualitative change in the learning process and an increase in the educational results of students due to the effective integration of EOR into the educational process.

The average monthly attendance of the Federal System of Information Educational Resources (sc.edu.ru, etc.) in the last three months of 2011 amounted to more than 850 thousand. It was also previously reported that by September 1, 2012, the EOR for primary school will be ready for use, which will be a very significant result of the project.

As of the end of 2011, approbations of interactive multimedia electronic textbooks continued. There were 25 schools in five regions that use technical devices with pre-installed educational content: 57 textbooks for grades 6 and 7 and literature for extracurricular reading. Within the framework of testing, both the study of educational and methodological possibilities of using electronic textbooks and the analysis of compliance of various types of mobile devices with ergonomic and sanitary and hygienic requirements are carried out.

• As of December 2012 Today, about 162 thousand people, 25 thousand children with disabilities study in Russian universities using Internet technologies. Education programs that are implemented using distance technologies offer about fifty educational institutions. In different constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 88 distance learning centers have been created within the framework of the National Project "Education."

SPO in Education

2008-2010: Federal level

• The PSPO repository, developed in 2008, was put into commercial operation, supplemented by new software products;
• developed and put into operation subsystems of information and reference services for PSPO users via the Internet and provided a single point of access to Internet services for user support;
• updated educational and methodological materials for continuous advanced training of administrative-pedagogical and pedagogical workers of the OU on the use of PSPO in professional activities;
• created a portal of technical and information and methodological support for the use of free software in the educational process (www.spohelp.ru);
• training and testing of 72,209 pedagogical and administrative-pedagogical workers of OU (at least one representative from each OU);
• prepared 7,554 tutors.
• agreements were concluded with the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in order to increase the share of OUs using the developed PSPO package by at least 50% of the available personal computers, on average for the constituent entity of the Russian Federation to 25% in 2010 and 35% in 2011.

2008-2010: level of subjects of the Russian Federation

• Centers for methodological support of the implementation of SPO have been created;
• supervision over the training of administrative, pedagogical and pedagogical personnel of the OP in the implementation and use of PSPO;
• organization of pilot zones for the use of SPTA in each region terminal;
• at the end of 2010, the share of use of open source products in the OP was 35%.

2011

• implementation of the project "Stimulating the development of information and communication technologies on the basis of free software for use in research and educational activities," including:
• modernization and maintenance of the technical support system for SPO users in scientific and educational institutions
• development of drivers for SPO-based operating systems for peripheral equipment used in educational institutions

2012: project perspectives

Behind the idea of ​ ​ switching state information systems to free software is, in fact, Medvedev and his team. The practical implementation of this idea began with schools in 2008: it was supposed to gradually (voluntarily) switch from Windows to Linux, or license Microsoft products already at the expense of local budgets. In parallel, the then president demanded an early transition of state authorities to the SPO, and lobbied for the creation of a "national" platform with a Linux kernel.

By and large, the project for the transition of schools to SPO, along with the project for the global internetization of educational institutions, is the only one that has brought real results and covered a significant number of regions of the Russian Federation. However, the project was associated with a number of difficulties with the supply of the corresponding distributions of^[16]. Among the regions, the transition to SPO in schools remains quite uneven, although there are regions where almost 100% conversion has been achieved, for example, Tatarstan^[17].

However, it is possible that in the near future the idea of ​ ​ introducing SPO in schools will be abandoned altogether. The new Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov considers the creation of a national OS on Linux futile - and advocates a global agreement with Microsoft, Russian^[18] told Vedomosti]. His deputy Ilya Massukh, who is leaving the department due to discrepancies with the new head on strategic issues such as this,^[18].

According to Massukh, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Nikiforov has already met with top managers of Microsoft - President of Microsoft International Jean-Philippe Courtois and head of the Russian representative office Nikolai Pryanishnikov.

Meanwhile, Microsoft, as a measure to combat piracy in Russian schools, offered them special conditions for the purchase of basic^[19] software^[19]. It was recently announced that Microsoft is extending the program to help Russian schools for 2012. The company will sell a suite of licensed software, which includes Windows and Microsoft Office, for $8 per workplace per year. Such prices will allow the American corporation to earn up to $5 million on Russian schools^[20].

Regional experience

TAdviser: Complete catalog of implemented projects in the field of education and science

See also

Overview of IT in the regions of Russia 2015

• Russia in IT ratings
• Information Society and Co-Financing of Regions
• E-Government of Russia
• Digitalization of the regions of Russia
• Statistics on the use of ICT in the Russian public sector
• Electronic public services in the regions of Russia
• Interdepartmental Electronic Interaction System (MEA)
• Development of SMEV in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation
• Universal Electronic Card (UEC)
• UEC in the regions of Russia
• IT in healthcare of the Russian Federation
• Concept of MPSC
• Informatization MPSC My documents
• Audit of MPSC compliance with IT recommendations
• MPSC. International experience
• Chief information officer of Russian Regions
• Base analysis Chief information officers Russian regions 2014
• IT in the public sector (global market)
• IT in the US public sector
• IT in the EU public sector
• IT in the UK public sector
• IT in India's public sector

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