What do the "Year of the teacher" see designers

Maybe you heard, maybe not, but the next year, 2010, was declared the Year of Teacher in Russia. In this connection, the Ministry of Education arranged an open competition for the creation of the symbols of this very year, as well as for the development of the concept of related advertising.

As follows from the large banner that flaunts on the site e-generator.ru , the main prize is 100 thousand rubles. Prizes for the second and third prizewinners are slightly more modest - 30 and 10 thousand each, respectively.

The Minobranuk partners in the contest were the Big Change portal and the online publication Sostav.ru . Various creatives and designers, specialists from the ministry itself are called upon to jury this matter (it’s strange, why didn’t they call the most famous?).
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You can see the entries and appreciate them here . But apparently, the imagination of the applicants for the prize and fame is scanty (men-pigeons-schoolgirls), which he hasn’t yet seen the original and interesting ...