On September 2 First Vice-Premier of Russian Government Igor Shuvalov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov visited IT lyceum in Kazan.
It is a specialized school with enhanced studying of natural sciences for talented children of 7-11 forms. The lyceum opened on September 1st in 2012 in Universiade Village. 34 teachers, who passed training provided by a Singapore company Educare, work at the institution.
IT lyceum represents a complex of educational building and a boarding school, there are 36 classrooms and 3 laboratories, English classroom, language laboratory, classroom of fine arts, etc.
The education modernization programme developed by Educare company was presented to Igor Shuvalov. He noted that the programme includes adoption of international standards A-level, IB. First Vice-Premier of Russian Government supposes that foreign programmes should be combined with traditional Russian smart programmes in the sphere of exact sciences.
The professional development programme for English teachers that is implemented in cooperation with EF School was also presented to Igor Shuvalov. 3300 teachers have already passed this training, and therefore the average score at the State Unified Exam this year was 81, whereas last year it was 62. EF School also launched the online programme for studying the Tatar language.
First Vice-Premier of Russian Government was told about plans on establishing an international school in Tatarstan.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.