Technology in the Russian Classroom

(One of the more recent models of Russia's Irbis tablets)

     Education paves the way for developing minds in a country, the effectiveness of an education system has a direct impact on the future of a country. Technology is being integrated into the classroom more and more everyday and Russia is making the most out of it. Russia began a project called the Moscow Online School Project just a few years ago and it has already become the largest project in the world for digitization in the classroom. Nearly one million students are a part of this program and sixty-five thousand teachers are sharing their expertise with these students. The project features some of the highest Internet speeds in the country and has converted classrooms into high-tech media centers with modern devices and a single point of data storage. Promethean, a Russian tech company, created a tablet like interfaces called Irbis that features a customizable interface that teachers and students can use to personalize their experience to match their goals, nearly twenty-two thousand classrooms are utilizing these devices.




(Indian PM Narhendra Modi with Russian President Putin and other world leaders, at the 2016 BRICS conference)

The educational technology sector in India is one of the country's largest sectors, Google estimates that this sector alone could be worth nearly two-billion dollars. What does this mean for Russian education, well, it means that the nation's capital, Moscow, sees this as an opportunity for collaboration with New Delhi in educational technology. Moscow State University, along with other India institutions, have discussed partnerships This isn't the first time the two nations have discussed cooperation in higher education, back in 2016 Prime Minister Modi and President Putin conversed about the topic with the former stating that "Russia is India's unwavering friend".




Want to read more in full about the digital classroom, the Irbis system, and even chess? Check out this article:
https://edtechnology.co.uk/Blog/chess-meets-tech-in-russian-schools/

India and Russia have big plans in store for their students in the future, if you wish to read up about the topic a little more in depth, click on the link below:
https://thepienews.com/news/russia-eyes-edtech-development-with-india/