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The government supported the amendments to the law On Education, which will give it new powers - to establish the number of paid places in universities, depending on the personnel needs of the economy. The bill, among the co -authors of which Volodin and Matvienko, was submitted to the State Duma in early April, if the amendments were adopted, they will enter into force on September 1, 2026. The customs of ministers with small reservations supported the amendments to the law On Education, allowing the government to determine the number of paid paidPlaces in universities, depending on the personnel needs of the economy, Vedomosti with reference to a government review of the bill. Amendments in case of their adoption will enter into force on September 1, 2026.
In early April, the bill on the restriction of paid places in universities in the State Duma, 346 out of 450 deputies of all party factions and five senators became co -authors. Among them are the State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. The Government of the current legislationLess can regulate the number of only budget places in universities, in the bill to its second reading, deputies must grant the Cabinet of Ministers the authority to establish the procedure for determining the number of paid places for universities, criteria for determining the required number of places and the mechanism of their application, the review said.
According to two sources of Vedomosti, close to the Ministry of Education and Science, universities have already been recommended to reduce the number of warders at faculties. According to one of the interlocutors, even an insignificanta reduction in a set of students on a paid basis hits the economy of universities. Another interlocutor associated the change with the situation in the labor market and the need to pull students from universities into vocational education institutions.
In 2024, the demand for paid places in Moscow universities jumped up to 79%, four times higher than the average indicator in Russia, the Institute of Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge (Isiez) of the Higher School of Economics, Kommersant found out. The share of nonresident students received to the budget,decreased by 4 p., to 42%. Most young people who have come to receive higher education from the regions pay for their studies in capitals universities - in 72% of cases. The all -Russian figure in 2024 amounted to 59%.
In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education, that the country needs to exclude an excessive paid set in specialties that have no demand in the labor market. Then the Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov proposedAllow the Ministry of Education and Science to regulate the reception to paid places in universities. Paid reception must also be aimed at the tasks of the state, said Falkov.
Acceptance at universities in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan needs to be reduced, said Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko in March, Vedomosti. In her opinion, universities in these cities began to increase their reception and stamping specialists in professions that are not needed in such quantities. Matvienko suggested setting the task of reducing setsTo universities for five years. You need to recruit as many students as required in specific specialties, the chairman of the Council indicated.
