Some actions by the Moscow city government can only be described as "piggish." They've completely lost whatever conscience they had. There are colleges in central Moscow that used to be vocational schools (PTUs, Soviet/Russian trade schools). These schools are necessary. Not everyone manages to get into a university. The country is in urgent need of skilled workers. And, incidentally, that's exactly why migrant labor is being brought in. The national "Education" project also says that developing secondary vocational education is one of the top priorities of state policy. So here's the situation. By Moscow government decree No. 847-RP, seven Moscow vocational schools, located in some of the city's juiciest spots for investors (Petrovka, Truzhennikov Lane, Savvinsky Lane, and others), will be wiped out. And in their place, how unoriginal, **office centers will be built. ** As "compensation," one huge vocational school will be built. But in Yuzhnoye Butovo, a far southern district of Moscow. And those poor PTU students, who are 14-15 years old, will have to schlep all the way to Yuzhnoye Butovo for classes every day. As everyone knows, getting there takes 2 hours each way from almost anywhere in Moscow except the far southwest. **Obviously, many people consider technical school and vocational school students worthless trash. But decree 847-RP has elevated that to the level of the official opinion of the Moscow city government. ** It's almost laughable even to mention such a "small" detail as an investment tender. Of course, some LLC called "Stolitsa-Zapad" got this hefty investment contract without any tender at all. "At the proposal of the social sphere complex." Tomorrow at 13:00, there will be a protest on this issue in Novopushkinsky Square. Join us. The text of decree No. 847-RP is available here: http://www.mos.ru/cgi-bin/pbl_web?vid=2&osn_id=0&id_rub=2035&news_unom=51807 It's short and simple. It lists both the addresses and the names of the vocational schools slated for demolition. ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /And one last thing: According to official data, the Central Administrative District's master plan for office space has already been fulfilled to 260%. The master plan for social infrastructure facilities in the Central Administrative District (which includes vocational schools) has been fulfilled to 40%. cross-post moya_moskva
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