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The reason I wanted to start this section was because I think there are many students around the world who have incorrect information about the education system of Russian and the teaching methods at the universities. The different topics will be indexed accordingly and hope it will help you, but if you still have some questions, write to the webmaster.
Teachers can be bribed for better exam results
There have been many cases
when students have offered bribes for better exam
results. The problem was very common, during the 90's.
There is a very simple reason for this: Students tempted
professors/teachers !!
The bare fact is Russian professors have very meager
salary which usually is around some $60-$100 a month !!
And as you can understand they can be easily tempted
with an additional $20...
What I can say in this matter is that it is not the
teacher that asks the student for a bribe but the
student himself offers/tempts the teacher with it. Any
hardworking and respectful student would not delve into
such practices.
With the developing economy and financial conditions for
teachers, this problem will very soon disappear.
Students do not necessarily need to go for classes
Many students from different
countries have asked me about this and I have the same
reply for all of them: If you are good in a certain
subject, then your can skip some lectures, but only some
teachers will tolerate. As with the previous question,
some students have been able to foil this successfully
with the help of money but can you imagine what happens
to them when they have to work on their projects ?
Russian students bully their classmates from foreign
countries
I have studied in different parts
of the world and I should confess that Russian
universities do not have such traditions as "Ragging" or
"flaying" unlike most of the educational institutions in
India and some western countries. Russian students
respect the presence of a foreigner in their group or
just ignore them, in this case too : the choice is
yours, you be friends with them or you do not.
Russian students do not bully foreigners.
Russia is very cheap and economical for student
Yes, Russian education is cheap
and the Russian lifestyle is still not of a high
standard as of the European countries but since the
country is going through a very progressive economical
change, the inflation problem is as same as anywhere in
the world.
The usual yearly inflation is between 7% to 20% ! The
cost of living is also rapidly increasing but still one
of the cheapest among the European countries.
Fact: You should not financially plan your 6-7 years of
study in the beginning.
Russian locals rob and beat up foreigners
This is the most frequently asked
question !!
In the past few years there have been many
incidents in St Petersburg and Moscow, in which foreign
students have been beaten up by the so called "Skin
Heads". The torturing fact is that these hooligans have
a legal and active political party; the mayor of
Moscow has banned any form of demonstration from members
of this organization.
Though the problem has been continuing for some years in
St Petersburg, it still reoccurs every once in a while.
Many say that these incidents have been ignored
while others say that it has been eradicated totally.
Suggestion: These kind of incidents can be ignored, if
the student follows some basic social rules: Control
yourself on different provocations, Cut on late night
activities that force you to commute back home alone and
there is nothing better than being in a good company of
friends
when around the city.
Good Luck and Best
Wishes,
Prashant Subba,
webmaster