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MOSCOW - Only a quarter of Russians are satisfied with the current educational system, over half are convinced that neither they, nor their children will be able to receive a good education in Russia, according to a poll taken by Levada Center.

Quoting the results of the study conducted among 1,600 people on
August 10-13 the Russian educational system suits every fourth
respondent (22%): primarily students (35%), businessmen (27%), jobless
(26%), young people under 25 (33%), rich enough to buy a car (28%) and
living in Moscow (30%).

However, 68% are definitely dissatisfied. They are mainly managers
(82%), housewives (76%), industrial workers (69%), and people aged 25-40
(72%).

Besides, 10% remained undecided.

Almost every other respondent (43%) does not think that anything
changed in Russian education over the past year with the figure growing
by 9 percentage points since a similar poll in 2011. Only 11% spoke of
improvements and 32% reported the deterioration of the educational
system.

Over half of the polled (59%) are convinced that it is impossible to
receive a good education Russia today. The share of pessimists is the
biggest among industrial workers (68%), housewives and jobless (66%),
people with low educational standards (62%), those who can afford to buy
only food (71%) and those who are short of even this money (70%). There
are also many negatively-minded respondents among residents of cities
with a population of under half a million (65%) and rural settlements
(64%).

Meanwhile, one third (31%) are convinced that one can count on
quality education in Russia. The opinion is shared mainly by students
(55%), businessmen (39%), people under 25 (41%), with a higher education
(38%), a high consumer status (64%) and Muscovites (40%). In addition
10% were undecided.