On August 26 at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of Fielding and Nair International Jay Litman discussed the project of international school establishment in a cottage township “Yasnaya polyana”.
The presentation of the school project was made during the meeting. According to project developers, the school will be the first in the region that will meet all the requirements of an international educational institution. Foreign teachers will give classes in the English language both for local and international students using special educational programmes.
The project is developed by Fielding and Nair International which implemented more than 100 similar projects in more than 40 countries. The company’s Head Lay Litman told about advanced educational techniques applied at schools and design concept features of the future school.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov appreciated the project. “Your approaches are very interesting, teaching methods are creative. The same methods and approaches are used by our Singapore colleagues, with whom we are now working on modernization of our school education,” Rustam Minnikhanov noted addressing Jay Litman.
“The school will be in high demand in the region. Many foreign businessmen, athletes come to Kazan. They need school for their children. This school will be interesting for investors and scientific communities,” Tatarstan President said.
Rustam Minnikhanov asked Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science to render assistance in obtaining all necessary documents. “I think, this school is a priority project for the city and the region,” Tatarstan President said.
“We hope to continue cooperating on further new projects with your company. We are now building the new city “Innopolis” and we also will need the advanced school there,” Rustam Minnikhanov said addressing Lay Litman at the end of the meeting.
Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov and other officials took part in the meeting.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.