By the end of year all disabled children in Tatarstan will be involved in distance education

By the end of 2011 all disabled children will be provided with distance education, Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov stated at a video conference on results of implementing national projects “Health” and “Education” for 9 months of 2011. The session was held by Deputy chairman of RF Government Aleksandr Zhukov.

By words of Aleksandr Zhukov for 9 months of 2011 2,7 mln people turned to 695 health care centres in Russia that exceeds the rate of the same period last year. Only 670 thousand people were considered to be healthy. Others were directed to medical institutions.

In the context of the national project “Health” more than 400 thousand orphan children and children being in difficult life situation, 1,5 mln working citizens have passed medical examination for 9 months of 2011.

According to the data given by Aleksandr Zhukov 1,329 ml people were born in Russian during the indicated period (by 8,6 thousand people less than last year). RF vice-premier believes decline in the birth rate requires efficient measures on stimulating fertility and decreasing infant mortality. At the same time total mortality rate has decreased by 5,9 % (90 thousand people).

Speaking about implementation of national project “Education” Aleksandr Zhukov marked approval of programs on developing federal universities completed in 2011.

From this year measures on developing network of pre-school educational institutions are taken for the first time.

Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov reported on realization of the national project “Education”. He thanked Russian leadership on behalf of health care and education employees for implementation of the national projects.

For 9 months 830 mln roubles were spent for realization of measures in the context of national project “Education”. These funds are being directed in four areas, in particular, encouragement of the best teachers, organization of distance education for disabled children, payment of monthly compensations for classroom management and support of talented young people.

Ildar Khalikov informed as well that several projects are being realized in Republic by its own means.

Chief sanitary officer of Russia Gennady Onishenko was interested in plans on developing the present-day system of school catering and asked to take into consideration equipping of medical rooms in republican schools. We will put much emphasis on this issue, Head of Tatarstan Government assured Gennady Onishenko.