Education under Brezhnev, Andropov

• • By 1978, 70% of teachers held a university degree.
  • Schools forced to provide one hot meal a day to students, waive uniform fees.
  • School Statute emphasised teaching of science.
• Education under Brezhnev overview

  • Repealing Khrushchev's reforms.
  • Slowing expansion.
  • Small-scale reforms.
  • University Education.
• Repealing Khrushchev's reforms

  • Educational priority to repeal Khrushchev's reforms.
  • Ended 11 year school policy in favour of a gradual shift from 8 to 10 year schooling.
  • Temporary curriculum to restore focus on academic education.
  • Ended vocational training for students aged 16-19.
  • Abandoned compulsory secondary education; replaced it with a target that 100% of children would complete secondary education by 1970.
• Slowing expansion

  • Expansion of secondary schooling slowed from 1966.
  • By 1976, only 60% of students finished secondary education.
  • 1970 target of 100% secondary education was not reached.
  • Number of teachers remained roughly stable, but there was an increase in their qualifications.
  • By 1978, almost 70% of teachers had a degree.
• Small-Scale reforms

  • 1970 School Statute; textbooks should contain updated scientific knowledge and reintroduced homework.
  • 1973 Fundamental Law on Soviet Education; codified educational policy into a single document.
  • During 1970s, attempts to increase peasant education by providing one hot meal a day at school.
  • Free meals available to poor students.
  • In the late 1970s, textbooks were made available to students free of charge.
  • No subject changes from 1947-1985.