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MK-Novosti, June 21, 2003

Deputies of the State Duma call on Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov to sign the Bologna convention

Moscow, June 21, 2003 /MK-Novosti/. Today the State Duma approved a draft resolution, including an address to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on the need for Russia to sign the Bologna Declaration of 1999.

The author of the draft Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Alexander Shishlov (YABLOKO faction) warned deputies of the possible isolation of Russia's higher education system, if Russia fails to participate in the Bologna process. The main tasks of the Bologna process are to create in Europe of a system of comparable education cycles, academic degrees and qualifications, increase the academic mobility of students and university teachers and finally pool the educational resources of different countries.

 

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Reform in Education

MK-Novosti, June 21, 2003

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