Lilia Gumerova, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture, commented in an interview with RT. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the implementation of a pilot project from the 2023 academic year to change the levels of vocational education in Russia.

The project provides for the introduction of basic higher education for a period of four to six years and specialized higher education (from one to three years) According to the senator, this is "a very long-awaited decree"