A holiday on the street for those who like to relax at the expense of the deficit budget of Buryatia. Regional ministers of education, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education of Russia, will again come to the republic to hang out on Lake Baikal for two days. Formally, this annual event is called the Baikal Educational Forum. It will take place August 25-26. The forum is attended not only by heads of ministries, but also by State Duma deputies, social activists and other people directly or indirectly connected with the educational sphere.
The forum will become a kind of test from federal officials for Valeria Pozdnyakova, which had not previously been seen in anything outstanding. They will decide whether it is already possible to remove the prefix acting for him or whether another candidate is needed for the post of head of the Ministry of Education of Buryatia. The Minister of Education of Russia will take part in the current forum for the first time Sergey Kravtsovwhich has already sent a letter to all regions of the country on the mandatory participation of ministers in the event.
Recall that Zhalsanov was fired due to a corruption offense. But the form in which he was fired – of his own free will or in connection with the loss of confidence – depended on whether he could return to the official chair or not. The prosecutor’s office of Buryatia insisted on the second wording and filed a lawsuit. The supervisory agency won the first instances in the republic, but the cassation court in Kemerovo canceled the decision and returned the case for review to Buryatia.
It will not work to concoct the leader of the department from such a frame as Pozdnyakov. A vivid example is the Minister of Tourism of Buryatia Aldar Dorzhiev. Therefore, the interim Minister of Education of Buryatia has always been regarded as a temporary figure. But if he proves himself at the forum, then it is quite possible that the contract will be concluded with him. In addition, before the election of the head of Buryatia, an unremarkable official who accidentally got into a leadership position due to the lack of normal competition will have to prove his need in the echelons of republican power. And a well-organized forum will help just in this.
There was just one snag. Bair Zhalsanov achieved the cancellation of all previous decisions in his case and a new consideration in the same court, but with a different panel of judges. A preliminary meeting is scheduled for August 18. The former head of the Ministry of Education of Buryatia has a real chance to regain his post. And then Pozdnyakov will again take a second role.
At the same time, the practical meaning of the Baikal Educational Forum is completely incomprehensible: why are regional forums needed when a decent quality education can be obtained only in a couple of metropolitan universities, and regional universities in general are needed only for a legal respite from the army? Probably, only for the sake of rest at the budget expense.
The editors will continue to follow developments closely.