CONVERSATIONAL PRACTICE. 43. Speak about the education in Russia using Active Vocabulary and the expressions below:

43. Speak about the education in Russia using Active Vocabulary and the expressions below:

WRITING PRACTICE

44. Read the following text carefully in order to discover the main line of thought and make a plan for writing a summary:

Higher educational establishments are headed by rectors. Prorectors are in charge of academic and scieёntific work. An institute or a university has a number of faculties, each specializing in a certain field of study. Faculties have specialized councils which confer candidate and doctoral degrees.

The system of secondary and higher education in Russia is going through a transitional period now. The main objectives of the reform are: to decentralize the higher education system, to develop a new financial mechanism, to give more academic freedoms to faculties and students. All secondary schools, institutes, universities and academies until recently have been funded by the state. Now there is quite a number of private – fee-paying primary and secondary schools, nearly all universities have fee-paying departments.

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