On the Results of the Past Year and the Tasks of the Current Year.

An expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Education of Russia was held on 2 March 1999, summarizing the results of the work of the system of education in 1998 and mapping out the principal tasks to be accomplished in 1999. How has the past year turned out, and what is in store for us in the new year? This was the subject of the paper given by V. Filippov, minister of general and professional education. Herewith, the editors offer readers a number of the topics from that paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]