Penza, 15 March 2012. PenzaNews. More than 86 million roubles will be allocated for educational, art and methodical literature, including electronic books, within the limits of the program of modernization of the education system of the Penza region in 2012.

“At the expense of means of the federal budget textbooks for the first and second forms, and also for the third form which participate in the inception of the new federal state standards of elementary education will be bought," informed the department of youth policy and public relations of the Ministry of Education of the region.

Besides, due to expense of federal funds it is planned to get textbooks for the fifth forms which in 2012–2013 school year will take part in introduction of federal state standards of secondary education, and also for students of 7-11 forms.