The Ministry of Education has prepared a bill on the support and protection of teachers

The Ministry of Education of Russia has prepared a draft federal law on new measures to support and protect teachers, as well as increasing the prestige of the profession and creating favorable conditions for the work of teachers.

The text of the bill is published on the Federal portal of draft normative legal acts.

According to Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov, among the new support measures is a proposal to assign the title of labor veteran to teachers with 25 years of experience, to introduce free visits to museums on a teacher’s certificate, as well as “protecting the teacher from uncoordinated filming.”.

“I am sure that this will help strengthen the authority of representatives of this important profession,” he said.

In addition, the bill provides for the provision of free legal assistance to teachers on professional activities, including for the protection of labor rights and obtaining social guarantees. Teachers are also encouraged to guarantee the right to additional vocational education at least once every three years.

The document also provides for the right of teachers to continuous methodological support on the profile of activities, additional professional education at least once every three years, and expands access to electronic educational resources. Teachers who start teaching for the first time are offered to guarantee mentorship for at least one year.

The decree on appropriate measures to support teachers, President Vladimir Putin signed in July this year.