| MOSCOW, April 26. In 2004 education will require
an additional USD 1.5 billion, including USD 871 million for the
transition to a sector wage system, stated Yabloko Party State Duma
Deputy Alexander
Shishlov at a session of the State Duma committee for education
and science on Friday.
Shishlov said that the government's work to optimize budget expenses
“must not be regarded at as an instrument to make savings
on education expenditures.” He also said that budget expenses
on education must be increased, as “maintenance of the present
level of teachers' wages and the financing of development of the
logistics base of schools and universities will inevitably lead
to a general degradation in the education system.”
The committee and the Ministry of Education prepared a joint
proposal on top priority issues in the budget that are important
politically. In particular the proposal calls for an increase
in teachers’ wages, an increase in expenses on the acquisition
of educational equipment and on the development of an information
base for education, and also on repairs for dormitories.
See also:
Reform
in Education
Wages
of Budget Sphere Workers
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