"We managed to adopt a unified standard, rewrite the programs, but somehow we couldn't print the textbooks": Parents of Russian schoolchildren complain about a textbook shortage
"It's already been a month of school, and the seventh-grade students don't have textbooks for algebra, geometry, or physics! These are new subjects for this class! The kids still don't know what textbooks look like! Please help!" — such a complaint from the parents of students at School No. 65 опубликовал on his Telegram channel, the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai Alexander Gliskov.
В comments The complaint was supported by other Krasnoyarsk residents: "At School No. 158, the third-grade students weren't given English textbooks," "At School No. 121, the 10th-grade students weren't given new history textbooks. It's also unclear what's wrong with biology. They gave out a textbook, but they're not using it because it supposedly doesn't match the curriculum," "They just managed to adopt a unified standard and rewrite all the curricula, but somehow they couldn't get the textbooks for these curricula printed."
The day before, the deputy Nina Ostanina stated that the problem is widespread. She received complaints from Samara, Pskov, Tverskaya, Vologda, Kirovskaya, Yaroslavl, Tyumen and other regions of Russia.
“The geography is vast, one can go on forever, — writes Ostanina. - I have summarized all your requests in the chat of my Telegram channel (and elsewhere) and conveyed them personally to the Minister of Education Kravtsov."
On this Sergei Kravtsov replied, that there were no problems with textbooks, and suggested that Ostanina go to the regions to verify this.
"A bold proposal, if, of course, you're meeting with parents and teachers, and not governors and regional ministers who send glossy reports with outlandish figures to Moscow," "The deputy responded. She invited her subscribers to suggest places to visit.
"Come to the city Tosno, Leningrad OblastThere are not enough textbooks in all schools”,Tyumen Oblast, Perevalovskaya Secondary School. The textbooks are old, I would even say, outdated, they do not correspond to the program”, “Welcome to Sverdlovsk region"The school needed 1,900,000 rubles to fully supply first- and fifth-grade textbooks in 2022. They allocated 300,000. They bought what they could. And then this year, the private entrepreneurs came calling! And EVERYTHING they bought last year now doesn't meet the curriculum." reacted Telegram users under Ostanina's post.
