Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in opening of Resource Teaching Staff Training Center at Kazan Teacher Training College

On September 2, speaking at a solemn event dedicated to opening of Resource Teaching Staff Training Center at Kazan Teacher Training College, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that a teacher is the most important link in the educational system.

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Education and Science Alexander Povalko, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov, Chief of Staff of the Administrative Office of Tatarstan President Asgat Safarov, Rector of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University Ilshat Gafurov and other officials took part in the event.

Speaking at the solemn ceremony, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Kazan Teacher Training College is one of the oldest educational institutions in the republic. The Resource Teaching Staff Training Center that will operate at the college fits in with the strategy for modernizing the regional system of education.

Tatarstan President stressed that today particular attentions is paid to teaching staff training in accordance with the most modern requirements. Teacher is the most important link in the educational system, Minnikhanov said.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that this resource center is the second one opened in the republic for training primary general and pre-school education teaches, and in the near future the third resource center will be opened. He thanked the Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science for their support and said that Tatarstan is always involved in all the projects being implemented by the federal center.

Alexander Povalko congratulated everyone on the beginning of the new academic year. You have chosen a difficult, but very important way in life - the teaching profession, he said, addressing students of the Kazan Teacher Training College.