Vladimir Filippov

In 2001, under the leadership of Filippov the program Modernization of Russian education till the year 2010 was elaborated and later considered and approved by the RF State Council with the support of Vladimir Putin and adopted by the RF Government. It envisaged (Education Review, March 2003 – Modernization of Russian education):

informatization of school education;

elaboration of new standards of general secondary education;

studying foreign languages from the 2nd form; mastering two foreign languages upon completion of secondary school;

introduction of profile education in senior classes of full secondary school;

optimization of village schools and realization of School bus program;

regulating school books publication to enhance their quality;

introduction of multi-grade system of assessing students' knowledge;

shifting salary system of secondary school staff from municipal to RF subjects level;

elaboration of normative per capita financing of general secondary education with due consideration for specificity of upgraded and specialized schools;

introduction of new statuses of educational institutions;

creation of school boards in secondary schools and universities;

improving catering arrangements in comprehensive schools;

introduction of the Unified State Exam and organization of university enrollment on the basis of regional, university and all-Russia Olympiads;

introduction of target enrollment in universities;

considerable increase of financing of renovation and maintenance of hostels to enroll more students from other cities and towns;

stratification of HEIs, separation of different categories of leading universities;

elaboration of a new generation of standards of all levels of vocational education-basic, secondary and higher and many others.

His wife, a graduate of the Volgograd Polytechnic Institute, works as a school teacher. Son and daughter graduated from the Economics Department of RUDN. Daughter Irina Filippova works as a TV presenter (creative pseudonym – Irena Ponaroshku).