4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong” or “That is not true to the fact”.

1. The right to education is guaranteed by the government.

2. One has to complete a nine-year compulsory course to enter a higher educational institution.

3. All applicants for entry to higher educational institutions are not supposed to take competitive examinations.

4. Higher educational institutions are headed by Deans.

5. Faculties are headed by Vice-rectors.

6. The system of higher education has already completed its reform.

7. All Russian schools are private.

8. An educated person does not contribute to the society or education.

5. Answer the following questions.

1. What is the right to education ensured by?

2. What is compulsory education in Russia?

3. When can one go on to higher education?

4. When are entrance examinations held?

5. What are Vice-rectors in charge of?

6. Who do higher educational institutions train?

7. What is the difference between a faculty and a department?

8. What are the main objectives of the higher educational reform?

9. What do institutions of higher education include?

10. Where are advanced academic degrees conferred?

6. Reproduce the Text “The System of Higher Education in Russia” in English according to the plan made up.

TEXT 6B

Education in Russia

1. Every citizen of this country has the right to education. This right is guaranteed by the Constitution. It is not only a right but a duty, too. Every boy or girl must get secondary education. They go to school at the age of the six or seven and must stay there until they are 14-17 years old. At school, pupils study academic subjects, such as Russian, Literature, Mathematics, History, Biology, a foreign language and others.

2. After finishing 9 forms of a secondary school young people can continue their education in the10th and 11th form. They can also go to a vocational or technical school, where they study academic subjects and receive a profession. A college gives general knowledge in academic subjects and a profound knowledge in one or several subjects.

3. After finishing a secondary, vocational, technical school or college, young people can start working or enter a university or an academy. Universities and academies train specialists in different fields. A course at a university usually takes 5 years. Many universities and academes have part-time and correspondence departments. They give their students an opportunity to study without leaving their jobs. Universities and academies have post-graduate courses, which give candidate or doctoral degrees.

4. Education in this country is free at most school. There are private primary and secondary schools where pupils have to pay for their studies. Students of universities and academies get scholarships. At many universities and academies there are also departments at which students have to pay for their education.

7. Read Text 6b and answer the following questions.

1. How is the right to education in Russia guaranteed?

2. Why is education a duty?

3. At what ages must Russian children stay at school?

4. What subjects do pupils study at school?

5. What can pupils do after finishing 9 forms at a secondary school?

6. What is the difference between a vocational or technical school and college?

7. What can young people do after finishing the 11th form at a secondary school?

8. What departments do many higher educational institutions have?

9. What is a post-graduate course? Who can take it?

10. Do pupils and students in this country have to pay for education?