On the eve of the new academic year, 21 percent of citizens expressed their intention to receive paid education or take courses, and 25 percent will pay for additional education for their children. This is evidenced by a VTB survey; socialbites.ca has a copy.
The majority of respondents (46%) are ready to invest in education from 15 to 50 thousand rubles. 22% of respondents plan to spend up to 15 thousand rubles. and from 50 to 100 thousand rubles. respectively. In Moscow, a third of respondents are ready to allocate from 50 to 100 thousand rubles for education. 9% of respondents plan to invest more than 100 thousand rubles in education.
Sixty-eight percent of survey respondents expect to cover their education expenses using their own resources. However, many plan to use additional ways to save: 26 percent plan to take advantage of rebates, 25 percent plan to get cash back from debit cards, 17 percent plan to use tax credits and 10 percent plan to take advantage of education loans.
Before that, it was known that 73% of Russians did not have enough savings to survive at least three months without income. In 2020, this figure was even higher, reaching 80%. Only 27% of respondents reported that their savings would last for a month or two, and 21% said they could only survive for a month.
Previously, one third of Russians spoke For additional education of children during the holidays.
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Source: Gazeta
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