Enrollment in colleges in recent years has increased from 900,000 to 1.4 million people, and the competition has increased from one to three applications for a place, and in total there are four million students studying in colleges. The head of the Ministry of Education, Krabtsov, made a report on the development of the secondary vocational education system. Krabtsov also noted that in 2026, 63% of 9th grade graduates and 12% of those who completed 11th grade entered college.