Charitable action “Help to prepare for school” is being passed in Tatarstan.

In September 34448 people will go to the first class in RT. State counselor on social questions under the RT President Tat’yana Larionova informed about it today at traditional briefing in RT Cabinet.

Last year there were 33551 first-formers in RT.

Tat’yana Larionova told journalists about charitable action which started in RT on 30, July. It’s aimed at helping children from low-income families, disabled children and others to prepare for school. Action “Help to prepare for school” is being passed in RT within the framework of Family Year.

There are 3 areas within the action framework: help to all first-formers form low-income families (RT Ministry of Education and Science supervise it), help to large families with 5 or more children (RT Ministry of Labour, Employment and social protection supervise it), area “Sport stars to children”, - provision of children with sport uniform for physical training (Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism supervise it).

For benefactors’ funds children will be presented with packed schoolbags. It’s meant that the action will not only concern first-formers but also other children from low-income, one-parent and large families.

According to the data of RT Ministry of Education and Science 5978 first-formers will receive charitable help this year, or 17,4% from the total number of children who will go to school for the first time.

As RT Deputy Minister of Education and Science Airat Zinnurov informed, 4681 first-formers are brought up in low-income families, 120 people in foster families, 275 – in tutors’ families, 1089 – in large families, 459 – in problem families, 212 – in families of disabled parents, 429 people are disabled.

Besides, as Airat Zinnurov noted 69 families live in republic where 5 or more children of school age are brought up. From 296 children, who live in large families of this category , 43 are future first-formers. Deputy Minister of RT Labour, Employment and social protection Nataliya Butaeva gave some additional information.

According to her words 20723 large families live in Tatarstan, 1046 people from this number have 5 or more children (5793 children are brought up in these families).

More detailed information about the action “Help to prepare for school” and other charitable events see here www.blagort.ru.