Solemn event dedicated to Teachers’ Day held in Kazan
6 October 2014, Monday
On October 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a solemn event dedicated to World Teachers’ Day.
The video greetings of Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, People’s Teacher of the USSR Anas Salakhov and rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov were shown before official opening of the event.
Speaking at the event, Rustam Minnikhanov said that 74, 000 people work in Tatarstan education system today, and the competitiveness of Tatarstan education is increasing. He also noted that material and technical base of educational organizations is being improved, and new technologies are being implemented.
Tatarstan President handed several state awards to the teachers.
The title “Honoured teacher of the Republic of Tatarstan” and keys from a Ford car were given to the teacher of biology from Town of Nurlat school No. 1 Alla Golovenkina.
The solemn event continued with musical performances.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.