The agricultural college in the Orenburg region must continue its activities. Teachers, students and parents from the Orenburg region contacted me. They want to preserve the agricultural college, which they decided to close two years ago due to the need for annual funding of 14 million rubles. Today, 70 students study at the college, among them 21 orphans and 38 children with disabilities and limited health abilities. The nearest alternative education institution is 70 km away. For many families, especially those raising children with disabilities, as well as for orphans, such a trip actually becomes an insurmountable obstacle. It is not just about the fate of one educational institution. This is an opportunity for the children of the village to receive professional education in their place of residence and then work in their homeland. We talk a lot about rural development and lack of specialists, but closing such colleges is at odds with these goals. Students and teachers have already recorded a video message to the president of the country - this is evidence of how stressful the issue is. I will ask to review the decision and use every opportunity to convince the regional authorities and the governor of the Orenburg region to keep the college. Children must not be denied the opportunity to receive an education because someone thinks their funding is too expensive!

The agricultural college in the Orenburg region must continue its activities. Teachers, students and parents from the Orenburg region contacted me. They want to preserve the agricultural college, which they decided to close two years ago due to the need for annual funding of 14 million rubles. Today, 70 students study at the college, among them 21 orphans and 38 children with disabilities and limited health abilities. The nearest alternative education institution is 70 km away. For many families, especially those raising children with disabilities, as well as for orphans, such a trip actually becomes an insurmountable obstacle. It is not just about the fate of one educational institution. This is an opportunity for the children of the village to receive professional education in their place of residence and then work in their homeland. We talk a lot about rural development and lack of specialists, but closing such colleges is at odds with these goals. Students and teachers have already recorded a video message to the president of the country - this is evidence of how stressful the issue is. I will ask to review the decision and use every opportunity to convince the regional authorities and the governor of the Orenburg region to keep the college. Children must not be denied the opportunity to receive an education because someone thinks their funding is too expensive!