In the Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the further improvement of education, upbringing of students in secondary schools and their preparation for work" (December 22, 1977), which outlined the tasks of the Soviet school at the present stage, speaks of the need to develop students' skills of "independent creative work. "Consequently, the higher school should train specialists capable of solving this problem, that is, first of all, it is necessary to teach students themselves to work creatively.