57%

of Russian families do not have the opportunity to choose which school their children attend. These statistics were obtained during a survey of Russian families with school age children that was conducted in the fall of 2013 as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations (MEMO), a study conducted jointly by the HSE and the Public Opinion Foundation.

In recent years, this situation has worsened; five years ago, only 51% of families did not have a choice. Residents of villages, people with low income and people whose children perform poorly in schools are most often deprived of alternatives.

Slightly more than one third of Russian families stated that they have a choice of two or three schools for their children. Only 6% of families said they have a wide choice of more than three schools.

A newsletter highlighting the research is planned for publication in the second half of 2014.

Source: HSE web-site