The final stage of the contest “Teacher of the Year” will be organised between April 23 and 27, 2007. The Evaluation Commission of the republican stage of the contest selected 35 persons for participation: 8 kindergarten teachers, 8 school teachers, and 19 university teachers, including in the curricular section “Language and Communication” - 12; “Social-humanist education” – 2; “Mathematics and science” – 3; the sections “Arts, Technologies, Sports” – 2. Those 35 teachers were selected from a number of 75 participants who filed the applications for the final stage of the contest between April 10 and 13, 2007. The Republican stage of the contest includes 3 activities: “I as seen by others”, “Public Hour”, working out and delivering a speech on the topic “In the name of the future, I swear”. The Government has increased to MDL 20 thousand the award for the best teachers of the year. The winners of the regional stages will benefit from awards worth MDL 1000, and the winners of the award “Best kindergarten Teacher”, “Teacher of the Year” and “Professor of the Year” will be given MDL 20 thousand each. Previously, the value of the award constituted MDL 5 thousand. Besides titles and financial awards, awardees will receive higher teaching ranks. Traditionally, the contest is organised in three stages: local stage, organised by the education institutions in October and November; the raion or municipal contest, which is organised by the education department in December and January; and the national stage, organised by MEYS during February-April every year.