The Ministry of Education and Science announced the expulsion of more than 10% of students who enrolled a year ago.

Every tenth student in Russia who was admitted to higher education last year has already stopped his education for various reasons, the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation told TASS on November 6.

It is noted that in the 2024/25 academic year, 4.6 million people studied at Russian universities.

"1,092 of them dropped out due to illness, 157,583 left their studies at their own request, 186,132 were expelled due to academic failure, and 147 thousand people dropped out for other reasons. In total, this amounts to 10.7% of the total number of students," they said.

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