Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Klyachko Tatiana Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last:Klyachko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Tokareva Galina Author-Name-First: Galina Author-Name-Last:Tokareva Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Education System in Russia in 2016 Abstract: In 2016, no events happened that would significantly influence the development of the Russian education system. The agenda that had emerged in 2012–2015 was being implemented. The regular monitoring of the effectiveness of higher education institutions was conducted, the average salary of teachers was raised, the principle of normative per capita financing of vocational education continued to be implemented, mergers of higher education institutions were carried out, the core higher education institutions were chosen. Classification-JEL: I21, I23, I25, I29 Keywords: Russian economy, higher education, vocational education, job skills Creation-Date: 2017 Revision-Date:2017 Length: 12 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2017-282.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2017 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2017-282