THE schoolhouse in Vorsino stands next to the village chapel. Inside, a painting depicts a teacher standing and reading to pupils who sit obediently in rows. Yet in one classroom a different scene unfolds. Ogabek Masharipov, a 23-year-old with Teach for Russia, a programme that sends young college graduates to teach in rural schools, banters with pupils and begins his lesson with an interactive exercise. He laments the ageing equipment and lack of space for pupils to gather outside class in the Soviet-era building, but revels in having taught them to assemble solar-powered toy cars out of parts of old PCs. Before he came, computer classes mostly involved paper exercise books.
Vorsino offers a snapshot of the country’s schools. Russia has a strong crop of teachers, as well as a talented and well-educated population. Over 55% of working-age adults have degrees. Student performance in international tests has been rising steadily; Russia now scores around the average for OECD countries. Yet...Continue reading
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