Friday, July 31, 2015

Assistant Putin proposed to move the start of the school year on September 15 – RBC

The student of a school in the first lesson, the Day of Knowledge. Archival photo

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Russian presidential aide Igor Levitin suggested postponing the beginning of the school year from 1 to 15 September. He said this at a meeting on the status and prospects of tourism development in the Voronezh region, RIA Novosti reported.

«From August 25 to September 1, the whole country is sitting in airports. I’m on the previous post when he was [from 2004 to 2012, he served as Minister of Transport], all the time asking – why not make a “floating” the beginning of the school year? Why on September 1, all over the country to come to school? »

Levitin explained that it is important to increase the tourist flow. “In the from September 1, we Crimea and Sochi all fly away, and – goodbye, until next May. A season that is “- he said.

Levitin cited the example of Western Europe, where the beginning of the school year in schools shifted due to tourism.

In this regard, he proposed to bring this matter to the State Council and accept the changes in law. Levitin also recommended to postpone the start of the school year, relevant departments of the Voronezh region. Local officials said that it is theoretically possible.

In December 2014 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin proposed to allow schools to determine the holidays. It was proposed to decide whether students have a rest on the classic graphics (after each quarter) or modules (a week off after every five weeks of training). In 2010, Gennady Onishchenko, who at the time served as the chief sanitary doctor of Russia, offered to postpone the beginning of school year at a later date. It was motivated by challenging environmental conditions because of wildfires. However, Mr. achalsya academic year on 1 September.

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