The key facts

  • The Sorok Sorokov center asks the Ministry of Education to develop rules for school parent chats
  • Activity from 8:00 to 21:00 and delayed message delivery outside this period are proposed
  • Moderators, a ban on insults, and limiting topics to school matters are also proposed

Appeal to the Ministry of Education

Human rights activists from the Sorok Sorokov center approached the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation with a proposal to develop methodological recommendations for school parent chats. The initiative was reported by Life.ru. The authors propose allowing activity in chats only from 8:00 to 21:00.

Motives of the initiative

In the authors' view, the absence of unified rules leads to discussions dragging on until late at night, escalating into conflicts and insults. In addition, messages from class teachers often arrive after 21:00–22:00, encroaching on parents' personal time.

Proposed measures

The human rights activists propose setting up delayed delivery of messages sent outside the permitted period, as well as limiting chat topics to matters of study, event organization, and children's safety. Schools are advised to establish, together with parent committees, rules of communication with a ban on insults, profanity, and nighttime messages, and to appoint a moderator to monitor compliance with the requirements.

Context

State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev previously told Gazeta.Ru that legislation does not oblige parents to register in messengers or participate in school chats — it is a voluntary decision. Earlier, Russians also complained about conflicts in building chats.