Mikhail Gorbachev's proposed All-Union Treaty -- which is supposed to be the primary focus of the current session of the Congress of People's Deputies -- ostensibly redefines the relationship between the central government in Moscow and the increasingly restive Soviet republics.
Members of the parliament actively participated in the discussion during this session and underlined the need of bringing all out of school children into primary schools, provision of basic education opportunities to adult illiterates and out of school youth, particularly educational facilities for girls and women.