First All-Russia engineering festival opened in Kazan

On September 2, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Aleksandr Povalko, and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russia Rüdiger von Fritsch took part in opening of the first All-Russia engineering festival in Kazan.

Engineering festival is All-Russia information and educational event aimed at promotion of engineering education and enhanced studying of mathematics, physics, and informatics. School children and their parents, students and post-graduate students of engineering universities, schools and university teachers, experts of high technology enterprises will take part in the festival.

This year the festival will be held on September 2-April 30. Lots of events, including opening of the children’s engineering centre, school conference “Intellect”, lessons, exhibition, and contest of ideas in solving technical tasks are planned.

The exhibition of children’s technical skills opened at Kazan National Research Technical University today. Rustam Minnikhanov and other honoured guests looked around the expositions.

Welcoming participants of the event, Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated everyone on the beginning of new academic year, and thanked companies that pay attention to engineering education, and Russian Ministry of Education and Science for their help in organization of the festival.