from the. video on demand policies of mine old girls. says feed now in the palm of your. comb. without see as we highlight the top stories of today this week that syrian troops fired thousands of protesters despite an early a promise to hold off meanwhile the u.s. is seemingly preparing to declare president assad's government illegitimate with military intervention created to follow the. libyan rebels fighting colonel gadhafi failed to gain official recognition from washington as they make their case with president obama's administration the white house has also stopped short of

releasing these frozen assets that were promised to help the opposition. and thousands of troops parade in a russian cities to celebrate a victory day but ukrainian veterans have defied the nazis once again after a brutal attack by nationalists during the festivities. in the style of russia's a new education system will help youngsters adapt to changes in the country we discuss this with education and science minister on the way for us in our exclusive interview here on ott. and they say the russians minister of education it's great to have you with us

apparently used to be very proud of the soviet educational system when here it is say that our sixth grade school student studies things that americans did and so on study until four years into the university after one of the forms out of what is going to change not only in the system but more importantly in the mentality. where . first of all we indeed used to have a good educational system of law that was very adapted to the country we lived in at the time and it had its flaws one such issue was that when the country changed completely those who had previously received a good education failed to adapt just because of the lesson learned here is that as we reform the educational system students to adapt to change our world succeed in the heart of. why we're doing it today our country changed back in the ninety's. because at any given time people take either more or less attention if it's a case should the educational system underwent considerable reforms during the

soviet era as well it is worth noting though that in the 1980's when the need for reforms was already there. dramatically or profound change and education was put on the back burner service. in one thousand nine hundred seventy for change was acute lack the necessary funds and resources to help it meant it that's why by introducing a new law and education and giving educational institutions more freedom and withdrew from education both in terms of support and in terms of setting requirements and goals and education system. that was the work on the part of the other story for educational reforms are being criticised by many in. cloying state officials teachers students parents experts and their main point being that they were forms have failed what's your response to. that one thing is is that we'll only get a proper impression of the reforms impact if they fail or not in about ten years time for me my priority is different it's important that officials teachers and

students parents are saying that today's educational system is not good enough it means it needs to be changed as for how exactly it needs to be changed here opinions vary with and we encourage and welcome all stakeholders participation in discussions we are completely open and all issues are being discussed in detail and gradually step by step we are making progress you remember how much discussion there was around the united states exams today suggest that the majority of teachers are in favor of as are the majority of students together with their parents who already took it those opposing it have typically never had anything to do with the exam at all they just read the press and have an impression something is wrong. so let's make a little more specifically but they were afraid of heights that the only compulsory subjects on the curriculum in personal safety and security basic allegedly mathematics and russia in the global world although no one really understands what that is about it's assumed to be a subject with an ideological science when she agreed that at

a first glance it looks like a very odd list of subjects and quite logically one wants to ask why not a russian language or not history even our prime minister said in his speech that the physical training maybe it's worthwhile trade vice this least amount of trash objects but the criteria that you use in defining them. because it. the first thing i'd like to say is that as of today this is nowhere near an accepted standard it is a suggestion made by one expert group we simply offer to the discussion is the suggestion proposes at least ten people three subjects on the curriculum which should also be noted that there are subjects which are not so much compulsory standardized across various curriculum systems and what will the student can choose arts or they can choose to work in the district or to follow a career in the performing arts as it would have gervase about a student should be fit and healthy therefore no matter what subjects they choose and consider abortions for themselves physical education in schools are of fundamental interest similarly to the complicated and dangerous world we live in

people must be able to deal with emergency situation such as raise your first aid or know what to do with god forbid a terrorist attack occurs and it is a subject probably does not have an extensive program it is essential for everyone with every educational curriculum of course there's no doubt literature mathematics natural sciences should be compulsory depending on how it was students close their futures they have an opportunity to slip in the subject listen to different modules would serve many see problems are in a school based education but with a higher education they say that our higher educational institutions have fallen way behind those in developed world do you agree with. that program i believe it's a global problem too the thing is that globally education changes more slowly than the incredibly fast development we see in economics and the social sphere often problems of human innovation changes a rapid many fold eli and others grow disenchanted that's why as you social

incidents are on the rise it may explain growth in drug addiction because some try to deny the facts of rapid change to avoid a life bringing new challenges demands and solutions we must prepare our children for that and perhaps we should start with preschool institutions and primary schools our higher education may not meet the challenges of the present but we are trying to find a solution by supporting the best institutes in the country by bringing up leaders who will reform the whole education system in the window with at this level we give our students more freedom to choose what to study with us along with we've got to create opportunities for them once they've made their choice if a student chooses natural sciences we have a responsibility to provide top quality education in this subject and we would like it to be the best in the world with today in some universities we provide has never let education down in others not yet both but then changes and reforms are needed throughout the system of. what it was so many welcome parents sent their children

to study abroad with the same thing with students from the rest of it and it's as early as they receive a grant they leave the country to study abroad but i think that is. not everyone in the situation is changing the situation is different from how it was ten or fifteen years ago moreover many young people are returning to russia because today there are job opportunities and interesting places to live for the past several years the average age of people working in science has been slowly going down of the number of people involved in scientific research who are younger than forty is rising this is what we dreamt of just a few years ago the young scientists who received. additional education and experience of rules are starting to come. we have to create conditions with our work to make education science and economics more attractive for our young people so that they will stay in the country. how can that be done i remember last year young scientists natives of russia received

a noble his present basics but they all live abroad how can we stop the brain drain . we are making a great effort we're building laboratories raising salaries for young scientists we're inviting renowned scientists from around the world to create new look archery is in the country this process will take a long time we've lost a lot and now we're restoring it step by step and that is we can't expect good results overnight with that but we are seeing positive changes at every stage that there are negatives to and we're working on that we live in a world where we can candidly speak about both good and i give you several examples of our work fortunately very few people know about his life and we should replace our progress as much as we address probably disagree with you. in dallas person it is it said that from now on russia will recognize to for an anniversary a promise about crushing credentials are not recognizing brought it's really fair. it's unfair but a retaliation in this respect is not the right option we're interested in bringing

the best scientists and choosers to russia to teach our students in russian universities rather than encouraging our young people to study abroad we can see asian population recognition with leading american and european universities of the asians in holding these negotiations we hope to create a mutual institutional understanding not of the state level of real interest that usual cooperation of the third. with the best foreign universities recognize degrees awarded by our best universities and i think that this is a more effective and positive way for us to be able to get the best young scientists from around the world to russia and the broad best young scientists to work in the leading world centers without any problems. according to one rating the top university at moscow state university seventy four so in a world to what extent is it objective or accurate the reason. any rating is subjective and any rating is open to manipulation you can use our

university heads are offended by that lasik but i tell them not to pay much attention to it of course or priorities are different from the police there are many comparative quite serious we should choose those most important for us since at base our reforms on what already is we set ourselves national monument on the for example every rating considers a citation edicts of scientists working in a university and that's in my opinion this is significant or scientists are not always enthusiastic about publishing link was me when i explained to the seed has a little freeze image when your best scientific work is read and cited around the world. professors are paid by the state and the spirit responsibility to enhance its artistic through academic endeavor it was also an index of graduate success we always lose out in this respect because we simply do not know to what extent our graduates are successful yes if we are to prepare highly sought after professionals we should at least know about their career it's a key university responsibility in the us they have specifically designed system

for that and yes it was liked it also promotes the university and so would my opinion but if we paid more attention to those in texas we would have a higher position in the ratings. so thank you very much for this interview. thank you. a question michel. and inside the container you have. and you can have anywhere from dozens up to hundreds of there's a huge market right now for cattle area clearance because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. that you come. unease and n.g.o.s that are basically strong that have an expertise to get rid of these weapons one thinking was they go to these places they will hire local train the locals how to do the clearance let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have

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with the headlines of the week of today you know the syrian troops fired thousands of protesters despite an earlier promise to hold off meanwhile the u.s. is seemingly preparing to declare president assad's government illegitimate with military intervention of the atoms for. libyan rebels of in time fighting a colonel gadhafi failed to gain official recognition from washington as they make their case with president obama's administration the white house also stopped short over releasing gadhafi frozen assets promised him an easy way the opposition. and thousands of troops arrayed in a russian cities to celebrate victory day but ukrainian veterans have defied the

nazis once again after a brutal attack by nationalists during the festival. here we have a head first into the world of sports with. the final pretty much everyone wants to see at the roma mosque is finally well nearly upon us yes yeah just about an hour or so rory we have the real masters final dot's will involve that test in the business of rafael nadal his world all of course against the man who's on this year novak djokovic very much look forward to in just an hour's time. thanks for joining us this is what's today i mean you know me and these are some of the stories we're covering over the next ten eleven minutes or so. rome rumbold the world's top two novak djokovic said to do battle once again this time india talian

open for. storms gather weather delays the start of rowing three of the players championship nick watney on green mcdowell the men to catch on something. fun burning bright rushes next generation of gymnastic stars like the latest world cup leg in moscow. let's get going a football where champions the needs are currently striving to move top of the russian premier league but simply taking on another title chasing i fit routine and half time whistle when it's just about to go off north this war is soo on the routine so not looking too promising but the victory for the home side would propel them above luck and would see. to the summit already finished. also clashing new score in the valley one sports talk moscow who'd been having somewhat

of a nightmare season to date they take on the relegation threatened self in a round an hour and a half while serious got moscow stuff in the koppel run side today's fiction in. my chest united maybe premier league winners this year but the hunt for the boss amount of champions league spots is still very much on second place chelsea can guarantee themselves a place in the group stages with victory i home to newcastle after and fifteen minutes in it's time for bridge the score is now one one chelsea scoring fuzz. new castle equalising are still will also bypass the european cup qualifying round if they beat aston villa liverpool and spurs meet knowing whoever wins that one will more than likely take the roof leaking place on our first second from bottom meets rock bottom in the form of wigan and west both those sides can yet survive birmingham whose form in their ultimate game of the sea. across the english channel

in part us little have claimed the french cup following are a win over pour some german in the decider a goal is think country until the dying moments before a howler or moments of pure brilliance you can decide that changed everything substitute luda vich oberon iraq leaving p.s.g. equal keeper great we could pay or see lose advantage could have been told a minute later jervy neale brought on by the former french international redeem themselves to a degree with the save here more know how it would finish little left to celebrate what could be the start of a domestic double. ok let's leave football behind on talk i saw he were russia have the chance to add a fifth straight world championship medal to their coffers this evening the red machine to take on the czech republic in the third place playoff clash in prophecy

russia there were eliminated in the semifinals least by finland on friday if it is tough because charges hard look to do on the hard bits in the last eight jumping at a live picture paints canada the czechs meanwhile were peaking by sweden last time our game starts in just over an hour's time. after the bronze medal clash wraps up the finalists will take to the rink sweden against finland the swedes have finished third for the previous couple of years winning their last title in two thousand and six while it's been a much more foreign spell for their northern neighbor. finland the last straw and us the world's best way back in nineteen ninety five. our first title of the year is on the line for maria sharapova today the russian justified to get underway again sinatra stews are in the room masters decider shrugged off set the odds yesterday to see off world number one carolina was in the wilds those are bigger number of higher seeded players herself on route to the final it's been twelve

months and shrugged the last one agility a title this siberian native has also been plagued by injury and recent years. most of clash in the men's side of action meanwhile takes place in a few hours time nor the lucky joker great set with rafael nadal after the serve posted his thirty ninth street win incredible really on sunday joker though worked hard against that fourth round on the murray scott murray tying proceedings by securing the second set six three before forcing time break the decider djokovic show not to be denied a fourth consecutive masters final with little or no weight. progressing at the expense of frenchman richard gask a late break allowing the world number one to take the opening set seven five funny well he never really looked back after that cruising to a six one win in the second it means that will retain top spot in the rankings for

at least three weeks but he's lost in all of this year's masters finals who talk of age. it's been a short day's work for the field during the third round of the highest paying golf tournaments there is the players championship marred by inclement weather with only around half a percent to seven participants i should say managing to complete the stage nick watney he was one of two players atop the leaderboard after getting through just five holes on the day you can see the rain an excellent approach here eventually leading to a birdie on this second the american will. joined at the summit by northern irishman grim told the thirty one year old will also have to pick up on the sixth hole when play resumes birdie on the third along with dual team a share of the lead are left on earth phil mickelson set some six shots pocketed how the highlight of the day left you almost bowling in one on the seventeenth he was one of just a few big she finished around the. big rivalry time in

baseball again with red sox fans grinning from ear to ear this morning after boston dismantle new york six nothing in the big apple on saturday evening the yankees now on a four game slide after being beaten twice in as many days by the all of the enemy josh beckett seemingly enjoying the pressure of pitching in a puck hostile venue the sellout crowd silence that robinson kaino just took guard against feisty visitor on the bottom of the first inning beckett getting themselves to a shut out of the yankees one day before his thirty first birthday mark teixeira the next to be settling with boston leading two zero at the bottom of the fifth adrian gonzalez then put the exclamation point on the win home ring in the fourth straight game the sox won three runs with six nothing the one sided final score up. and finally the latest leg of gymnastics world cup has come to a close in moscow events noticeable for the absence of one of russia's brightest

stars safina has been injured on is now in a race to be fit for next year's london olympics richard reportedly reports. well you are most often i was probably the most frustrated spectator billion piskies sports complex she had to look on while all her colleagues were competing unfortunately for the current all round world champion he's going to be out of seeable future. it's going to take me between six to eight months until i'm back to full fitness but i can probably start very light training in around a month or so you know wasn't russia's only starmer sidelines she was joined by fellow world champion tatiana no idea for who's also out injured however the sixteen year old who only returned to fitness in early two thousand and twelve is still confident of making the london olympics. i don't think i'm a star of russian gymnastics i try not to pay attention to what i have won in the past i always put that behind me and look forward to new challenges in the future

the field of the mosque or vent was far from strong with all the top names from china of the usa and japan missing however there was still some around boosting performances from russia's next generation of stars such as sixteen year old emma demeaned so much to build on her recent success at the european championships where she took gold and constant inclusion of a compassionate alexander barbarian to win the men's rings. on one hand i found competing here much easier than at the european championships as i am at home here i have the support of my home crowd who are all cheery on the russians on the other hand it was quite tough as i injured my shoulders after the year olds and i am just getting back to full fitness despite a strong showing in the russian gymnastics and probably its most healthy state since the mid one nine hundred ninety s. pollution of says there's still a lot of work that needs to be done every sure it's a sweep the medals in london. we're not the strongest like we used to be with the

after care is the life of china in japan however the world championships are coming up and there will be a good indicator. that is for russians gymnasts to take out of this event however overtimes of a school will be praying that bad time is money and will stop in or make a speedy recovery as she looks to continue her quest for a limpid gold next year richard i'm told latency. they do make it look easy don't they will love is all your sport i'll see you in just under two hours time with more sport but no weather's next. hungry for the full stop we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on the party.

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