SOCIOLOGICAL - EDUCATION

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2
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June 8, 1949
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2 COUNTRY USSR CLASSIF1-T1(;N CENTRAL !..IGNC %Y INFORMATION SRC `i: FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RAiNO BROADCASTS SUBJECT Sociological - Education PUBLISHED Daily newspapers WHERE PUBLISHED USSR PU S B PUBLISHED Nov 48 - 12 May 1949 LISHED LANGUAGE ES1 Sf mS IUivii Snra` nnmi?ao Sf . unoiisx Rka 64 SOURCE CO NO. DATE OF DATE DIST. f Jun 1949 NO. OF PAGES 3 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS 13 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION BELORUSSIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM EXPANDS -- Sovetskaya Belorue?iya, Ito 17, 25 Jan 49 The prewar public school system of Belorussian SSR hod been almost com- pletely restored by the beginning of the 1948-1949 school year. There was a considerable increase in 7-year and secondary schools over the 1947-1948 school year. A greater numbe._ of children were enrolled in the public schools. Reg- istration for the 1948-1949 school year increased 48 percent over the 1947-1948 school year for classes 5-7, and 33 percent for classes 8-10. In 1948, 1,358 more diplomas were presented than. in 1947. The total number registered in workers' schools in 1948-1949 was 27 percent higher than in 1947-1948. Beloruesiam higher educational institutions have been completely restored. The number of students enrolled in them in 1948 was 14 percent higher than in 1940. Highly qualified specialists graduating from Belorussian higher instiLu- tions in 1948 represented an increase of 66 percent over 1947. The number of students in technical schools and other specialized secondary educational institutes amounted to 106 percent of th',ae enrolled. ir. 1947. LATVIAN EDUCATION FACILITIES EXPAND -- Sovetskaya Latvlya, No 12, ..5 Jan 49 At the begs-ming of the 1948-1949 school year, there were 16,161 more students enrolled in elementary, secondary, and ineonplete secondary schools of the Latvirn SSB than for the 1947-1946 school year. There were 452 more students In technical schools in 1948 than In 1947, not counting those in correspondence courses. A new theatrical institute was opened in Riga in 1948. The number of students attending higher educational institutions increased by 622 In 1948. The number of correspondence students increased by 1,154 In higher educational insti- tutions am by 340 in technical schools. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2 TTONIAN BTUTJSNT BODY INCRF S IN 1948 -- Sc:et9kayaa Estoniya, No 20, 26 Jan 49 The number of students in primary, incomplete secondary, and secondary schools in the school year 1948-49 increased by more than 30,000 students over 1940. Fifty-three new schools were opened in 1948. The number of students in higher educational institutions reached 6,000 in 1948 and exceeded the 1940 number by 2,000, The number of students completing higher schools increased almost 100 percent over 1947. The number of students in technical schools and other secondary specialized training institutions reached nearly 10,000 students in 1948, exceeding the 1940 number 4.6 times. The number of students completing technical schools and other secondary specialized training schoolm in 1948 increased 5.7 times over 1940. K'AZAKH UJICALV7IT7 fl 1~TI1 A=17--='Y -- Kazakhatanak ya 1r .vde, No 11, 16 an 49 Kazakh State University imeni S. X. Kirov was founded 15 years ago. The university has highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel, well- equipped laboratories, a library of over 200,000 volumes, a botanical garden, a zoological museum, an astronomical study, and a biology station. The number of departments and chairs has increased steadily and at present, hoe 6 Ae,ertmwnt-e 'Ith 9 sections; 38 chairs, 40 leinratories enA ati;dtew. Rra cialiste are trained in 20 different fields. Scientific research work is done on 37 main subjects. Two new departments, philosophy and econo ics, are to be opened this year. The univerelty now has over 2,000 students. In 1949, 158 students will graduate from the university, and in 1950 the number of graduates will increase to 360. In the future, the yearly number of graduates is to be 500-600, and the total number of students is to exceed 3,000. NOTO6I.9INK INSTITUTE RECRUITS STUDNW!'S, STA17 -- Sovetskaya 61bir', No 7"', 16 Apr 49 The Novosibirsk Institute of hilitary !igineers of Railroad Transport announces a oospetition to fill the vacant positions of beads of the following chairs: foreign languages, deseript ive geometry, general course in railroads, physioal eduoatict and sports, geodesy, geology, and soil mechanics, economics or :rensport, construction materials, phyolcs, rolling stock. Positions are also open for docents of the following ohaira: machine parts, organization. of freight.- handling work, railroad ccastructioi, track and track management, foreign lan- guages, obsmistry, building structures, statioua and terminals. The following documents must be arbaitted before 15 June 1949: personal eaployment record; autobiography, copy of higher enhool diploma, copies of certificates awarding titles and degrees, employment and political character refs'enoee from last ylaoe of employment, list of e(iontific works. Send appli- cation and documents to competition director, No 20 Sovetskaya Street, Novosi- birsk. Eomeomol's a-ya Pravae, No 105, 6 May 49 The Novosibirsk Institute of i4iiitary kngineere of Railroad Transport has announced the opening of 1949 registration of students in the fields of con- struotion, bridges and tunnels, and opera tons. The Institute prepares military transportation engineers in ..hose specialties. Applicants must be citizens of the USSR, 17 to 35 years old, graduates of secondary school, must pass entrance Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2 examinations, and must be physically fit for nilitdry service. Applicants must furnish an autobiography, certificate of edue ion, L la oar of rea.remenlatien from the director of a school, Party, or komsomnl organization, three phcto- graphs (3 x 4), and must present their passports and military cards upon report- ing for examination. Applications must be sent by 31 July 1949. Apply. Com- mittee on Admissions, NIPIT, 20 Sovetskaya Street, Novosibirsk. TR I1ING T[tANW ATO tS -- Zommunist, No 262, 4 Nov 48 The Ministry of Nigher Education T8R has decided to open deps-tments in the pedagogical institutes of Moscow and Leningrad to teach translation from Russian into English, German, French, Spentsh, Ital'an and Swedish. A translators' department is also being organized in the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies to give training in translation from Russian into Chico as, Japanese, mongolian, Persian, Arabian, Turkish, and the language of India., The Philology Department of .Leningrad State University will have a depart- ment to teach translation from Russian into other Slavic languages. PYARNU NAVIOATlOM SCHOOL AmmuNns REGISTRATION -- Morskoy Flot, No 37, 10 May 49 The Pyarnu Navigation School of the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet is taking applications for 1949. Tne school trains seamen and stokers in a 2-year course. Applicants must be citizens, 17 to 18 "are old, must have finished at least 6 classes in secondary school, art must pass entrance examinA- tions. Olosing date gor applications is 1 June 1949. Apply. Navigation School, Progress of recruitment for PZO schools of the coal and metallurgical industry in Priaorhkiy Bray is not satisfactory, At least eight rayons in the bey have not sent any students during the 26 days of the recruiting period. The city of Voroshilov has sent only one third of its quota. The recruiting plan is proceeding successfully in Vladivostok, where 75 percan. of the plar has been fulfilled, and in Artem and Buchan. Several of the rayon-recruiting ocmissione have sent students below the age limit or students whose health is "Mar the YZO standards. BUBOOL TPA M RAILROAD SPNCIALIBTB -- aomeamol'ekaya Pravda, No 110, 12Nay49 The railroad technical school of Doledoye Station, Lclinin Oblast, has graduated 2,500 railmri transport specialists during the 7 years of its existence. Graduates: of the school are esployed on all -aiirc.sde of the country. The school now?trains assistants to loncmotive engineer, stokers, railroad service brigade leaders, railroad forrnen, and station attendants. KOFMK TCVTBB (WT NEW B(`.HOQS -- Molodoy Dal'nevoetochuik, No 51, 22 Mar 49 tour night schools for voi7kin4 end kolkhoz youth and 12 "teklnninimum" (tasic technical) co.,a see have been cleated in the Koryak National Okrug. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230455-2