CULTURE
Peoples inhabiting the territory of the Republic of Mordovia have their cultural roots, their own cultural past and the present as well as individual development ways. Joint residence in the same territory in piece and good neighbourliness naturally influences mutual benification of cultural traditions and creates the unique cultural background in the Republic.
A broad network of culture and arts institutions uniting more than 1200 entities makes the cultural possession of the peoples of Mordovia. 4 state and 1 municipal theatres, a state philharmonic and 4 professional concert groups, 2 republican and 8 municipal museums, 561 mass libraries are among them. Branch educational system is represented by 2 institutions of vocational education, more than 60 children’s music and arts schools. 590 institutions of culture and leisure type – clubs, culture and leisure centres operate. More then 3 thousand club entities with the total number of participants increasing 36 thousand operate.
Network of cinema institutions is represented by state institution of culture "Cinema Fund of the Republic of Mordovia", 96 cinema-projectors.
846 monuments of history, culture, architecture including 48 of federal significance are under state protection in the Republic.
Creative unions uniting 260 artists, composers, theatre people play important role in the Republican cultural potential formation.
Considerable experience in organising festivals, concerts, exhibitions of professional and folk arts has been accumulated in the Republic. Such annual international festivals as festival of Russian drama theatres "Compatriots", festivals of classical music "Bravo, Classics", "December Divertissements", festival of jazz music "Veise Jazz" have become traditional.
Festival of folk arts “Shumbrat, Mordovia” is marked by large number of participants and high artistic and aesthetic level. Up to 30 – 40 thousand residents of towns and villages of the Republic annually take part in it.
In 2007 Mordovia hosted participants of the First International Festival of Finno-Ugric Cultures “Shumbrat, Finno-Ugria!” which had invaluable significance for cultural relations and co-operation strengthening, integration of Mordovian culture into international cultural space.

EDUCATION
Present-day educational system of Mordovia comprises of 228 pre-school education institutions, 575 compulsory education institutions (574 municipal and 1 state institutions are among them), 25 elementary vocational education institutions, 19 intermediate vocational education institutions, 3 higher professional education institutions and 6 affiliations of accredited higher education institutions of the Russian Federation, 15 boarding schools and 69 extended education institutions.
More than 20 thousand teachers are employed in the branch. Among them 3 people have the degree of “People’s teacher of the Republic of Mordovia”, 119 people – "Honoured educator of the Republic of Mordovia", 149 people – "Honoured teacher of the Republic of Mordovia".
Total number of people studying and being brought up in educational institutions of the Republic of Mordovia is 110 thousand people.
The Republic actively participates in the priority national project "Education" implementation. For three years more than 200 schools have won the contest among educational institutions, implementing innovative educational programmes, in all levels. More than 700 best teachers received grants of President of the Russian Federation, Head of the Republic of Mordovia, heads of municipal entities. Best representatives of talented youth received encouragement. Teachers carrying out functions of form masters started to receive additional material reward from the federal budget. State institution of elementary vocational education "Professional Lyceum No. 21" and State educational institution of intermediate vocational education "Saransk State Industrial Economic College" became winners of professional selection in the sphere of "state support of working personnel training for high-tech productions in state educational institutions of elementary vocational education and intermediate vocational education implementing innovative educational programmes".

Modern educational and illustrative as well as computer equipment have been delivered to schools. 100 % of schools have internet connection. 91 buses have been bought.
In the system of general education complex project for education modernisation have been implemented since 2007. In its framework in the period of two years more than 939174.5 thousand roubles were funded both from federal and republican budgets.