Medvedev tells the state to monitor what universities are being prepared by specialists

The balance between the number of universities produced by universities and market needs in labor resources should be determined by the government together with the Ministry of Education and Science, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday during communication with regional journalists.

He recalled that in the Russian labor market there are not enough engineers and specialists who are able to organize production, but there are already quite a lot of representatives of other professions. At the same time, the president agreed, a return to the state distribution system, as it was in the USSR, is impossible.

“The structure or balance should determine the Russian government and the Ministry of Education and give the correct indicators to the regions, ” Interfax quotes the president. “ I often hear proposals to return the state distribution. I think that this is impossible for various reasons. We have a market economy, we have a different labor balance in the country. But what would sometimes be absolutely fair, so it would be directed to study specialists from enterprises or require specialists or demand Conclusion with such a student of a separate contract between the employer and the university, ”Medvedev said.

Medvedev also spoke about the future of political legislation, which can be mitigated. “I do not think that we have a single -sex world. We have seven parties, and their success or failure, in the end, is a decision of people, this is a vote,” he said at a meeting with representatives of regional media. Answering the question of whether the time came to create a second party in power, Medvedev noted that "it is impossible to create some party and say:" So, this is the second party in power, you are the people of the Russian Federation - are obliged to vote for us. "" It would be a worst parody of democracy, "the president said.

Medvedev recalled that in a certain period of time, it was decided to "make a more stringent selection criterion" for political parties. “Maybe at some point we will need to move them out a little,” the head of state said. At the same time, he emphasized that there should not be too many parties in the country, because in this case, "the breakdown of the representation of people about who should represent their interests begins."