Ildar Khalikov takes part in meeting on preparation for academic year
27 August 2014, Wednesday
On August 27, Head of Tatarstan Government Ildar Khalikov took part in All-Russia video conference meeting on readiness of the educational system for the new academic year 2014–2015 hld by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Speaking about development of the educational system in 2014, Dmitry Medvedev noted that 50 billion roubles of federal funds were allocated for regulating queuing system in kindergartens. The problem was completely solved in 29 regions.
According to Russian Prime Minister, 499 new kindergartens and 55 schools will open this year.
Dmitry Medvedev called heads of regions to pay attention to construction of new kindergartens as well as major repair and construction of schools.
Dmitry Medvedev noted that in new academic year children in Crimea will start studying in accordance with Russian educational standards, and children from Ukrainian families will go to Russian schools on September 1.
Russian Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, who took part in the meeting, made a detailed report on preparation for new academic year.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .