Mon. Aug 18th, 2025

News – Government of Russia


Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko spoke at an expanded joint meeting of the State Duma committees. The event took place as part of preparations for a government hour on the topic “On the protection of the health of schoolchildren and on the development of physical education and mass children and youth sports.”

The meeting was also attended by deputy State Duma chairman Vladislav Davankov and Irina Yarovaya, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov, state secretary-deputy minister Alexander Nikitin, chairmen of five committees and heads of five factions in the State Duma.

“Health and comprehensive development of children are our most priority task. I thank all the deputies who pay attention to this issue. According to President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, there is nothing more important not only for any family, but also for the state than children. We are guided by this and work together in such areas as improving the educational process, a competent distribution of load on schoolchildren, involving children in systematic exercises and sports, and others. This already brings tangible results, ”said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Vice Prime Minister thanked the State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin for the effective organization of work and outlined the key areas of interaction between deputies and the government.

In the field of education, systematic work is underway to create safe conditions for children in educational organizations. A balanced educational and extracurricular load for schoolchildren is ensured, there is a single schedule of lessons.

Medical rooms in educational organizations are opened and updated. For three years, about 1.4 thousand general educational organizations with medicalcabines have been repaired.

The coverage of proofs has been increased to almost 98%, almost all children’s clinics are modernized. Preventive work is underway: only 1 million children have passed through children’s health centers last year. On behalf of the president, free hot meals for primary school students were organized. According to hundredths, more than 80% of parents and students are satisfied with the quality of free hot meals.

Dmitry Chernyshenko also noted the work on involving children in systematic sports. For this, a single sports and educational space is created and sporting events are held annually. Working with all -Russian sports federations to expand modules in physical education lessons is also being carried out. There are already 32 such modules.

“Within the framework of the Fedroekt“ The success of each child “We have substantially updated the material and technical base. Today, more than 60 thousand sports and sports clubs of all types have been operating around the country, about 24 million people are engaged there, among them 7.5 million children. We open the centers of early physical development of children, including in preschool educational organizations. We pay special attention to the creation of additional opportunities for children with with withdrawal About 400 thousand children are regularly engaged in more than 130 thousand adapted objects, ”the Deputy Prime Minister said.

Last year alone, about 680 mass events took place in different regions. School sports leagues are actively developing. More than 3 million children last year fulfilled the TRP standards.

“We create a sports reserve from gifted children – this is the key to the future success of Russia in international competitions. Today, 14 thousand such young athletes, our stars, are included in the prefabricated teams in 111 sports. Children according to federal standards and programs are preparing 89 thousand coaches, ”added Dmitry Chernyshenko.

In 28 regions, the Zemsky Coach program starts, which will allow coaches to get lifting up to 2 million rubles. The coverage of the population receiving a tax deduction for physical education services is expanding.

Also, according to Deputy Prime Minister, it is necessary to take control of the issue of banning the collection of contributions from athletes under 18 years old for participating in official competitions.

A Russian sports fund will be created in the country. One of his tasks will be the development of children and youth sports. The fund will promote regions and federations in terms of the purchase of sports equipment, organizing and conducting competitions, compensation for expenses for events.

The Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov drew attention to the fact that at the legislative level the requirements aimed at standardizing the load on students.

“A law has been adopted that approved the unified federal educational programs. This year, order No. 704 comes into force, which establishes calendar-lesson planning. It ensures how many hours it is provided for studying a particular subject. We also standardized the number of control and verification work, homework. The order is agreed with Rospotrebnadzor, takes into account all the requirements in order to exclude excessive load on students. It is very important that the regions are guided by them in the organization of the educational process, ”said Sergey Kravtsov.

According to the Ministry of Health, an integrated approach to the protection of children’s health, including the implementation of national projects and programs, allows Russia to achieve the results recognized throughout the world: children’s mortality has decreased over the past 10 years more than 2 times. Over the past 5 years, it was possible to achieve the maximum coverage of schoolchildren with preventive examinations. About 85% of children are healthy or almost healthy. In addition, since 2024, an expanded neonatal screening has been introduced for all children, which allows at the preclinical stage to identify severe metabolism diseases and diseases, which means to begin timely treatment and take comprehensive measures to rehabilitate and social adaptation of children, including in the school environment.

According to the Ministry of Sports, 9 out of 10 children are already involved in an active lifestyle. This indicator is the result of a consistent state policy to popularize mass sports among young people and create accessible infrastructure.

In the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions until the end of 2025, the construction of 19 physical and recreational complexes of the open type is planned. 12 objects have already been built, by the end of the year, the construction of another 7 will be completed.

According to the Ministry of Education, in more than 90% of schools all the necessary conditions for physical education and sports are created. Over the past 5 years, together with the United Russia party, a material and technical base for physical education in more than 5 thousand schools has been updated. Within the framework of capital construction, more than 1.5 thousand gyms of general educational organizations were repaired. For 2025, the overhaul of 897 gymnasiums in general educational organizations in 82 constituent entities of the Russian Federation is planned, including in new regions.

In conclusion, representatives of the government agreed with State Duma deputies to continue the joint resolving issues.

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