Starting September 1, 2026, Russian first-graders will not have homework. This provision is outlined in a letter from the Russian Ministry of Education, TASS reports.

The changes will apply to children starting school in September 2026. Previous regulations permitted homework for first-graders but limited the total time spent on it to one hour per day, with a recommendation to introduce it gradually as the children adjusted to school life. Now, this provision has been removed from the document: first-grade instruction will involve no homework at all.

However, this new measure applies only to first-grade students. For other schoolchildren, the time limits for completing homework remain unchanged:

• Grades 2–3 — no more than 1,5 hours per day;

• Grades 4–5 — no more than 2 hours;

• Grades 6–8 — no more than 2,5 hours;

• Grades 9–11 — no more than 3,5 hours.

These standards were introduced to limit the total daily workload placed on schoolchildren across all subjects.