“You see, we are not talking about the fact that we will suddenly cancel everything that we have lived with for more than 20 years and return only to the specialty.
Not at all.
There will be both undergraduate and graduate programs,” he said in an interview with Kommersant.
According to him, there are at least three reasons for this.
“Firstly, there are graduates of our schools, and many other people who sympathize with these formats of education.
Why not give them the opportunity to realize themselves through obtaining a bachelor's or master's education?
Secondly, we have millions of people who have received a bachelor's degree, and without a master's degree they will not be able to advance further.
Because we have qualification requirements for positions, especially in the state civil service, in the law enforcement service.
You can't be, let's say, a judge, if you only have a bachelor's degree in law, you need to have a master's degree.
We cannot restrict these people, this is a constitutional right to education,” Falkov said.
He added that the third reason is foreign students.
“We are in the top 7 countries in the world in terms of the number of foreign students.
For them, this is an understandable system, they can come to study and then return to their place, continue their education,” the minister said.
Earlier it was reported that Russia intends to withdraw from the Bologna process and move on to the creation of a domestic education system.
Deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Dmitry Afanasiev said that the rejection of the Bologna system in the country will be accompanied by a transition period.
He added that a professional and expert discussion would be required to draw up a national system.