Main article: Education in Russia
Early Childhood Education Technology (KidTech)
Main article: Technology in Early Childhood Education (KidTech)
History
2025: The first kindergarten built using modular technology was opened in Moscow. It was built for 2 weeks instead of the usual 9 months
In Moscow, the first kindergarten was opened, erected using the advanced technology of large-module construction, reducing the construction time from the usual six to nine months to two weeks. A preschool institution with 300 seats with an area of 4.5 thousand square meters was built in the Izmailovo area at the expense of the Targeted Investment Program of the city. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the opening of the facility on June 4, 2025.
According to the official portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow, 114 modules were used for the construction of the above-ground part of the building. The installation of all elements took two weeks instead of the standard period of six to nine months, which is required in the traditional construction method.
The Mayor of Moscow noted that such buildings are assembled as a designer. Super-large modules are delivered to the construction site and mounted in a short time. A significant part of the production cycle takes place at the plant, which ensures the quality of the object.
Modular technology has an important advantage - strength and high availability of elements immediately after production. The modules have all the necessary embedded parts for engineering systems, so their installation does not take much time. Facade and finishing works are also carried out in an accelerated mode.
Innovative technologies have made it possible to reduce the construction time of the facility while maintaining the quality and durability of the building. A similar approach to the construction of preschool institutions was used in the Russian capital for the first time.
The three-story kindergarten is equipped with everything necessary for the full functioning of the preschool institution. The building houses 12 groups with separate sleeping areas for children of different ages. The architectural solution provides for the rational use of internal space.[1]
2024
The number of pupils in private kindergartens in Russia decreased from 110 thousand to 104 thousand people
The number of pupils of commercial preschool educational organizations in Russia shows a steady decline from 2022, reducing from 110 thousand to 104 thousand people by 2024, which reflects the general trend of a decrease in the number of preschool children and an increase in the availability of places in municipal kindergartens. Over the five-year period from 2020 to 2024, the number of pupils in private kindergartens decreased by 7% - from 112 thousand to 104 thousand people. This is evidenced by data from the analytical company BusinesStat, released in September 2025.
The dynamics of the number of pupils of private preschool institutions was characterized by uneven changes. After a slight increase in 2021 by 2% to 114 thousand people, a consistent reduction in indicators began for three years in a row.
In 2022, the number of pupils decreased by 3% to 110 thousand people, which was the beginning of a stable negative trend. The most significant reduction occurred in 2023 - by 5% to 105 thousand children, reflecting an increase in competitive pressure from the public sector.
In 2024, the rate of decline slowed to 1%, but the trend remained. The total number of pupils in private kindergartens amounted to 104 thousand people, which became the minimum value for the analyzed period.
The main reasons for the reduction in the number of pupils in commercial kindergartens were demographic changes and the expansion of the availability of state preschool institutions. Potential consumers of private kindergarten services got the opportunity to arrange children in municipal organizations.
The increase in the number of places in public kindergartens has created an alternative to private preschool for families on a budget. Parents prefer free municipal institutions to paid commercial organizations with comparable quality of educational services.[2]
52,573 preschool organizations in Russia
In 2024, 179,943 organizations of upbringing and training, recreation and rehabilitation of children, including 52,573 preschool organizations, were under the control of the territorial bodies of Rospotrebnadzor. The agency presented such data in its report published in early June 2025.
From the materials of Rospotrebnadzor it follows that in the structure of organizations for children, preschool institutions with a share of 29.2% have the largest share. For the period 2015-2024 there is an increase in the share of preschool organizations by 2.5%.[3]
2023: The number of children in kindergartens decreased by 4.9% to 6.67 million people
At the end of 2023, the number of pupils of preschool organizations in Russia amounted to about 6.67 million. This is 4.9% less than in 2022, when 7.01 million children attended kindergartens. The negative dynamics are partly associated with a decrease in the birth rate, as stated in the BusinesStat review, published in early September 2024.
The study looks at public and commercial segments of early childhood education. This takes into account only the legal part of the commercial sector, that is, the volume of services of licensed private kindergartens. The indicators of companies providing childcare services, leisure and educational activities without obtaining a license are not taken into account.
According to estimates, in 2019 the number of pupils of preschool institutions in the Russian Federation was 7.61 million. In 2020, a decline of 2.2% followed - to 7.44 million. In 2021 and 2022, a decrease of another 1.4% and 4.5% was recorded with a final result of 7.34 million and 7.01 million children, respectively. Thus, in 2019-2023, the number of pupils of preschool institutions in Russia decreased by a total of 12.4%.
The observed trend is associated with a drop in birth rates and therefore a decrease in the number of preschool children. An additional factor in the fall in the number of pupils in 2020 was the COVID-19 pandemic, due to which many parents postponed the enrollment of children in kindergarten until the epidemic situation improved. The decrease in the number of preschoolers was constrained by the opening of new groups and the creation of additional places in kindergartens in regions with low access to preschool education. In 2023, approximately 98% of kindergarten pupils attended state preschool, the study said.[4]
2022: 4.5% drop in children to 7.01 million
In 2022, the number of students of educational institutions in Russia amounted to 7.01 million people, which is 4.5% less than a year earlier. Such data in October 2023 led to the analytical agency BusinesStat.
According to the study, from 2018 to 2022. the number of kindergarten pupils in the Russian Federation decreased by 7.5% largely due to a drop in the birth rate in the country. In 2014, the number of people born in Russia amounted to 1.9 million people, in 2022 - 1.3 million people. The annual decline in the birth rate led to a decrease in the total number of preschool children and, accordingly, the number of kindergarten pupils. A greater reduction in the market was restrained by the opening of new groups and the creation of additional places for children waiting for admission to kindergarten in regions with low availability of preschool education, experts say.
According to them, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and sanctions restrictions did not have a significant impact on the market. The basic preschool education sector in Russia is poorly commercialized. The majority of students receiving pre-school education attend budget pre-school organizations (98.4% of the total in 2022). To maintain the achieved level of availability of preschool education in 2020 and 2022. The state did not require a significant increase in funding for the industry due to a decrease in demand, according to BusinesStat.
According to Rosstat estimates, in 2018-2022. the number of teachers of preschool education in Russia ranged from 665.9 to 682.9 thousand people. The decrease in the number of teachers in 2021-2022. was due to a decrease in the total number of preschool educational institutions and a decrease in the number of pupils of preschool educational institutions.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ Sobyanin: The first kindergarten built using modular technology opened in Moscow
- ↑ For 2020-2024 in Russia, the number of pupils in commercial kindergartens decreased by 7%: from 112 to 104 thousand people.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ In 2019-2023 in Russia, the number of pupils of preschool institutions decreased by 12%: from 7.61 to 6.67 million people.
- ↑ For 2018-2022, the number of pupils of preschool educational institutions in Russia decreased by 7.5%: from 7.58 to 7.01 million people.
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