Rakova spoke about the modernization of education to prepare for the professions of the future

On May 25, Anastasia Rakova, Moscow's Vice Mayor for Social Affairs, spoke about the new philosophy of the capital's schools and colleges aimed at improving the quality of teaching and preparing students for the professions of the future.

"Our main focus now is on improving the quality of teaching. For example, for the last five years we have been conducting student diagnostics in a fully digital circuit — we see the results of students and can link them to a specific teacher. Based on this data, the teacher's digital portfolio is being formed," she said in an interview with RBC.

The Vice mayor explained that modern digital tools are being actively introduced into Moscow's educational system. Students undergo diagnostics, and individual educational tracks are created based on the accumulated data.

According to her, the school has now ceased to be a set of standard classrooms — attention is being paid to the versatility, technology and aesthetics of educational spaces. The mayor's My School program has renovated 55 educational institutions in two years, and it is planned to modernize several dozen more buildings this year. By 2033, the authorities intend to completely reconstruct about 750 facilities.

Rakova noted that the main trend in Moscow education is to provide students with the opportunity to build a career along an individual path.

"We are consistently developing both professional tracks — high school education followed by university admission, and an earlier career start through college," said the Vice Mayor.

According to her, students choose areas based on their interests and abilities, including IT, creative industries and the service sector. The Vice mayor also stressed the importance of close cooperation with business. Today, the program involves more than 3,000 partner employers who help students develop practical skills and provide internships.

"We are forming a closed loop: education — practice — work, without lag between the educational process and the real profession," concluded Rakova.

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Maria Todorova, a neuropsychologist, specialist in child development and education, said on April 27 that reducing the school curriculum does not guarantee an improvement in the quality of education and may lead to a decrease in the level of education of students. According to her, children learn the material in different ways: for some, the current volume of the program is excessive, while others cope with it without difficulty and are ready for a higher learning rate. In this regard, a mechanical reduction in the content of the training course may lead to the fact that some students will not receive the necessary knowledge base.