The measure is expected to help boost the birth rate and improve the status of families with children, Andrey Kutepov has said
A member of the Russian parliament’s upper chamber, Andrey Kutepov, has proposed simplifying admission to universities for female applicants with children, TASS news agency reported earlier this week.
According to the lawmaker, who heads the Committee on Economic Policy in the Federation Council, Russian universities should award additional points to women who have given birth within a year of applying.
”Having children is proposed to be considered an individual achievement for which it is necessary to accrue the maximum number of additional points for the exam results,” the senator said in a written proposal addressed to Education Minister Valery Falkov.
According to Kutepov, if adopted, the measure would be one more step in “ensuring opportunities for women with children to receive higher education.”
“In addition,…