Such a statement was made by Grigory Yavlinsky, founder
of the YABLOKO party and leader of the YABLOKO faction in
the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, during an open lesson
on social studies for senior students in St.Petersburg School
No 526 on November 13, 2012.
According to Yavlinsky, health care and education are the
most fundamental sectors for the future of Russia. He criticised
the policies of the present Russian government, "Recently
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the expenditures
on education in the coming years will be the same as expenditure
on the defence. First, this is not quite true, consolidated
defence expenditures are considerably higher. Second, these
things can not be compared. Indeed, the security of the country
virtually bases on the high quality of education."
Yavlinsky also noted, that the task of responsible politicians
should be to defend citizens' right to decent and high quality
education and health care.
"I think that education should be free and compulsory
in todays society and in such a country as Russia. Russia
has every reason to be such a country, but unfortunately,
once again, the priorities have been very much distorted today."
See also:
Reform
in Education
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