Submitted by sep_admin on Tue, 2019-12-10 11:52
Extra-curricular activities (ECA) are instrumental in the acquisition of twenty-first-century skills, which include both intra-and inter-personal skills. Now that basic skills of reading and writing in early grades are taken for granted in many parts of the world, twenty-first-century skills are becoming more important. With robots and artificial intelligence taking on ever greater presence in society, education has to go much beyond the provision of knowledge and basic skills. This report explores the comparative international situation regarding ECA and studies the empirical data regarding the benefits of ECA for the Russian Federation. The report seeks to raise awareness amongst policy makers at the federal level in Russia that ECA can help raise the country's education performance to the top ranks in the world. Russia's experience in ECA is also a topic which other countries can learn from Russia. This report shows variation in quality of performance between ECA providing educational institutions of different types, similar analysis can be carried out by geographical location and other parameters.