The meaning of educational migration for Tomsk oblast demography development in the years 2000-2009

At present, every year the number of people leaving for other countries to receiveeducation increases. In 2006 more that 5 million people left. The Russian Federation has a developed educational system, but only 4%of educational migrants choose to study in Russia. Foreign students are very useful for the country, because they create the image of thecountry; spread the language, cultural and technical standards of the country they studied in. They may also be useful as new citizens,because the period of study adapts them to life in the country and the city of learning, which is important for Russia with its demographicproblems. The base of the Russian education allows taking the CIS citizens, who know the Russian language (as opposed tosome qualified teachers). The relatively small number of Tomsk residents and a developed educational complex affect the compositionof the population. Quantitative leadership is complemented by a high quality of higher education, as the increase in the number of students(2.5 times in 1995-2004) based not only on the establishment of branches or small private universities, but also on the expansionof admission to the already existing "old" universities with better trained teachers and better teaching quality control. Of 100 thousandstudents in Tomsk universities, 50% are from other cities (cf., in the higher school complex of Tatarstan the proportion of students fromother regions is only 3%). But 75% of non-resident students leave Tomsk region after graduating, which indicates the incomplete use ofthis demographic resource. The article discusses the role of students from other cities and countries for Tomsk oblast demography in2000-2009, ways to enhance the attractiveness of education in Russia (in general) and in a specific region (in particular), the problemsof recruitment and adaptation of foreign and non-resident students in Tomsk and possible ways to resolve them. Tomsk is the third cityin the country in the percentage of students in the population.

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