Holiday 13 million

Today, throughout Russia, schoolchildren, as well as their parents, celebrate Knowledge Day. This year, 13 million 356 thousand 669 students sat down at their desks , of which 1 million 470 thousand were first graders.

Currently, there are 102,153 different educational institutions in Russia, where more than 30 million schoolchildren and students study.

This year, Russian schoolchildren will experience a lot of new things. For example, fourth grade students will begin to study “Fundamentals of Religious Culture,” and their parents will choose one of six areas.

In addition, on September 1, the Federal Law “On the Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development” comes into force, which prohibits the dissemination among children of information that can provoke them to do various terrible things: harm to health and suicide, the desire to use drugs , alcohol and cigarettes. In addition, children are legally protected from information that denies family values ​​and creates disrespect for parents, justifies illegal behavior, and also contains obscene language and pornographic information. Now the media are required to use special markings - “6+”, “12+”, “16+” and “18+”. As part of this law, some cartoons and films may be banned.

Knowledge Day is celebrated today not only by children. President Vladimir Putin came with Moscow Mayor Sobyanin to the assembly line at gymnasium No. 1519. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the St. Petersburg State Technological Institute during a working trip to the city on the Neva. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov went to give lectures at MGIMO, where he himself had previously studied. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin and former presidential candidate and businessman Mikhail Prokhorov went to the Financial University under the Government of Russia.