Universities are restoring classes for the elderly as part of the Active Longevity project

Twenty metropolitan higher educational institutions plan to conduct various classes this year for participants in the Moscow Longevity project. This program is recovering after two years of the pandemic.

Groups will be opened in institutions such as, for example, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafin, Moscow Polytechnic University, Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov. Classes will be held face-to-face and online.

According to the Deputy Head of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Moscow Vladimir Filippovand, 70 groups are already working in different directions

— Moscow universities strongly support the older generation’s desire for continuous development and continuous education, and in the future we plan to continue to expand cooperation and add new training programs, — noted Vladimir Filippov.

For Muscovites of the older generation, groups are open in a variety of areas, in particular, foreign languages, gymnastics, literature, drawing, psychology, history, financial, digital and legal literacy, and others. They employ about 2.5 thousand people.

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Women over 55 and men over 60 can participate in the Moscow Longevity project. Classes are free and take place in every district of the capital. You can find out the schedule and sign up for classes by filling out special form or by calling the territorial social service center of your district. Contacts are listed on the project page See the “How to become a member” section.

Mona Platonova

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