The head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation announced high competition for admission to Russian colleges

Brief retelling from RIA II

Competition for technical schools and colleges in Russia averages four people per place, and in some specialties it reaches 18 people per place.

Four million students are enrolled in colleges, comparable to the Soviet era.

MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. Competition for technical schools and colleges in Russia averages four people per place, and in some specialties it reaches 18 people per place, said the head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kravtsov.

An award ceremony for directors of educational institutions of secondary vocational education took place in Moscow as part of the Forum of Class Teachers.

“Our competition in some specialties reaches 18 people per place. In general, the competition for technical schools and colleges throughout the country is four people per place, and within the framework of the Professionality project - seven to eight people per place,” Kravtsov said at the ceremony.

He emphasized that four million students are studying in colleges, which is comparable to the figures of the Soviet period.