OREANDA-NEWS. By 2024, all Russian teachers should have tablets with access to an electronic journal. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Finance Maksut Shadaev at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, «RIA Novosti» reports.

«It is very important to provide all teachers with modern digital tablets with access to an electronic magazine, digital educational content by 2024», Shadayev said. He also said that starting next year, high school students will be able to study programming languages in depth for free. For this purpose, there will be either specialized centers, or distance learning will be organized.

Earlier it was reported that state purchases of imported laptops, tablets and computers were banned in Russia. The Ministry of Industry and Trade explained that this step is a logical continuation of the strict policy of import substitution. In the future, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will continue to complicate the purchase of foreign electronics in the presence of a Russian functional analogue.