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-- the development of promising high technologies (genetic engineering, robotic engineering,
biological, information, communications, and cognitive technologies, nanotechnologies, and
convergent technologies that resemble Nature);
-- the development of cooperation between educational organizations and scientific research
centers and industrial enterprises and the broadening of the practice of cofunding by the state and
by entrepreneurs for long-term basic scientific research and programs with long implementation
times;
-- the enhancement of the quality of training of scientific personnel, engineers, and technical
specialists capable of resolving the tasks of modernizing the Russian economy on the basis of
technological innovations and ensuring the development of science and education, the
development of competitive technologies and models of science-intensive output, and the
organization of science-intensive production;
-- the development of a system of secondary vocational education for the purposes of training
qualified workers in accordance with the best world standards and advanced technologies;
-- the creation of favorable conditions for scientific activity;
-- the ensuring of Russia’s leading positions in the spheres of basic mathematical education,
physics, chemistry, biology, technical sciences, and humanitarian and social sciences;
-- the development of interdisciplinary research;
-- the enhancement of the role of schools in educating young people as responsible citizens of
Russia on the basis of traditional Russian spiritual-moral and cultural-historical values and also
in preventing extremism and radical ideology;
-- the raising of the quality of teaching of the Russian language, literature, Russian history, the
fundamentals of secular ethics, and traditional religions;
-- the development of a system of support for talented children, out-of-school additional
education, and children’s technical and artistic creativity and the resolution of the problems of
overcrowding in general educational organizations;
-- the active development of international ties in the sphere of science and education, the buildup
of exports of good-quality educational services, above all to the CIS member states, and the
enhancement of the attractiveness of Russian-language education on the world market for
educational services.
Public Health
71. The development of health care and the strengthening of the health of the Russian
Federation’s population are a most important area for ensuring national security, for whose
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