Overview

• The All-Russian Forum of Class Teachers runs October 1–3 in Moscow with about 1,000 selected participants from 89 regions and guests from nine neighboring states after more than 48,000 applications.
• The Ministry of Education created a Council for Protection of Professional Honor and Dignity of Pedagogical Workers to assess cases and develop proposals for regulatory improvements.
• Officials prepared a model instruction for handling conflicts involving teachers and sent letters directing regions to establish commissions to safeguard educators’ rights.
• First Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko lauded teachers as shaping the country’s future and presented state awards at the opening ceremony.
• Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov said organizers plan to expand the forum’s international participation in 2026 and projected decisions that will strengthen the school system.