Penza, 29 May 2013. PenzaNews. Eight Penza teachers who are among the winners of the best teachers’ contest will receive grants of the president of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Minister of Education in the region Svetlana Kopeshkina during the session on the implementation of priority national projects.

“Among them is the teacher of the Russian language, History, Computer Science, and elementary school teacher from Penza, Nikolsk, Mokshan and Belinsky area,” she specified.

According to the press service of the government of the Penza region, in compliance with the presidential decree “On monetary encouragement of best teachers,” 1,6 million rubles were allocated to the region for this purpose.