Due to the introduction of quarantine measures in many Russian universities and the students found themselves in a difficult situation. Translated to “udalenka” students require recalculation of tuition fees. Universities in no hurry to reduce the payment for educational services and lose profits. But it may have had in court.
The last few weeks of April, students and their parents are actively traded in the national student Union (VSS). They claim that due to the deprivation or reduction of income were in a desperate situation – to pay for school is nothing, barely enough money for accommodation. Many students have lost their jobs due to the closure of the quarantine cafes and restaurants where they worked. About it NEWS.ru said the Chairman of the BCC Oleg Tsapko.
To soften the blow would help decrease the price of education for “paying students” at the time of a pandemic, because educational service is not available in the format stipulated in the Treaty, the expert said. In some specialties “is” in principle can not replace learning in the classroom. The need to reduce the payment also justified by the fact that distance learning at a fraction of full-time and even part-time.
However, Minister of education and science Valeriy Falkov said recently that the cost of education in universities on a contract basis may only be revised by reducing the quality of education. But how and who should track, remains a question.
Oleg Tsapko (chair of the Russian student Union):
How students should evaluate the quality of education in your University? That they need to chip in and pay for an independent evaluation? Rosobrnadzor, in turn, deals with quality evaluation of education only within the framework of the accreditation procedures. Students and us, the wording of the Ministry of education is not satisfied. In fact, the proposed tool cannot be used to modify the cost of training. No one will for a lot of money to hire external auditors structure.
Students who during the quarantine, do not get a recalculation of the value, have the opportunity to achieve this through the courts. This situation can lead to the fact that many universities and colleges will go bankrupt, said Tsapko.
Students can actually go to court, said NEWS.ru senior partner of the law Bureau “Yurlov and partners” Vladislav he is an active. However, according to him, the law does not contain provisions that the implementation of educational programs using distance technologies entails a reduction of the amount of tuition fee.
However, in accordance with clause 17 and clause 19 of the decree of the government, discount for paid services may be provided in three cases: if educational services are deficiencies or incomplete (i.e., not in accordance with the educational program); ��if it assumes the contract or the local normative act of the University; if the University violates the terms of rendering educational services.
He is an active Vladislav (senior partner of the law Bureau “Yurlov and partners”):
Recommend the students to familiarize with the local normative act of the University, to check the contract to find out whether the curriculum within the established deadlines (session, examinations, closure of modules). In addition, it is necessary to ascertain whether the changed schedule of lectures and seminars, have fewer educational hours. If the case does not fall under any of the items, you can try to address with the requirement about change of the cost of education on the basis of significantly changed circumstances from which the parties proceeded when concluding the contract (article 451 of the civil code).
To avoid the effects of the pandemic on the education system, the state should Fund universities and colleges of all forms of ownership, says Tsapko. This will enable educational institutions to count the cost of training.
In addition, universities must support the students begin to request to pay back the financial aid of “platniki” without providing them with additional documents considered in the VSS.
On the public sector universities have the money. They initially are placed in scholarship funds. Many educational institutions list of reasons may be granted financial aid, open. Therefore, the epidemic can also to enter into it, — said the Chairman of national student Union.
With “paysites” the situation is more complicated. Legislative restrictions on the provision of financial aid does not exist, but the money to pay can only be taken from extrabudgetary funds, said Tsapko. For this reason, the universities need the support of the government, said the expert.
National student Union has prepared a petition to the Cabinet. Its signers report that act for the payment of material assistance upon request to all students, reducing the tuition “paying students” for the period “udalenka”, as well as additional funding for all universities and colleges for this purpose.
