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First Russian school will be opened in the Syrian capital already next month, Izvestia newspaper informs. The school construction is personally watched by President of the country Bashar al-Assad. Three children of the head of state – a daughter and two sons - are studying the Russian language already.
As the Russkiy Mir Foundation advised, as early as 2016, the municipal administration of Damascus allocated a patch of land of one hectare for school construction. The school will appear on the territory of El Jadida. The building will be constructed out of the blocks transported from Novorossiysk. The Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society initiated the Russian school in Syria.
According to the representative of the society Ramil Baytemyrov, they want to build similar school in Lebanon. The question is now discussed with the authorities.
Russian language was introduced as the second foreign language in the Syrian schools. Now it is an obligation to study Russian. Over 100 000 graduates of the Soviet and Russian universities are occupying the leading positions in Syria working in all the fields of politics, economics and culture. In autumn 2014 a department of the Russian language was opened at the Humanitarian Faculty of Damascus University.
Syria has greater interest in getting the higher education in Russia. The number of candidates willing to study in the Russian Federation has hit the mark of 2000 people, while the quota for students from Syria is just 500 state-funded places.
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