Best teachers

The best teachers

       Within the priority national project "Education" from 2006 the support of the best teachers has been carried out. The aim of this action is to stimulate educational and pedagogical activity of teachers, development of their creative and professional potential.

       Within this direction of the national project in 2006-2009 to the Day of teacher money encouragement to 10 000 best teachers in the volume of 100 thousand rubles each was paid. Starting from 2010, according to the Order of the Russian Federation's President of January, 28, 2010, N117, money encouragement to 1 000 best teachers in the volume of 200 thousand rubles each is paid annually.

       The state support to the best teachers will be maintained annually at the expense of budget assignations from the federal budget in the volume of 0,2 billion rubles. The quantity of money encouragements to each Russian Federation's subject is defined by the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation, taking into account the number of pupils in educational institutions, located in urban and country side.

       According to the Regulation on money encouragement of the best teachers, approved by the Order of the Russian Federation's President, money encouragement is paid to the best teachers of educational institutions, which realize general education programs of primary general, basic general and secondary (complete) general education, for high achievements in pedagogical activity, which gained public acknowledgement.

       Payment of money encouragement to the teachers is maintained by the results of the contest. The right to participate in it is given to teachers with length of pedagogical work not less than three years, the main work place of whom is educational institutions, which realize educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary (complete) general education. People, who perform in educational institutions only administrative or organizational functions, do not have the right for a money encouragement. A teacher, who received the money encouragement, has the right to participate once more in the contest not earlier than in five years.

       At present the names of 40 thousand best teachers of the Russian Federation are known, who are winners of regional contests of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.