State Duma proposed making the flag raising ceremony mandatory for all schools. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education, Olga Kazakova, addressed the Ministry of Education with a proposal.
According to her, this event plays an important role for the patriotic education of the younger generation. This ceremony is not included in the “extracurricular activities” of the relevant federal general education programs and is not carried out by all general education organizations, mainly private schools in the constituent entities.