Rustam Minnikhanov and Igor Shauvalov open three kindergartens in Laishevo region
18 August 2015, Tuesday
On August 18, Interim President of Tatarstan Republic Rustam Minnikhanov and First Deputy of Russian Government Igor Shuvalov participated in the solemn opening of the kindergarten for 140 children in Sokuri village of Laishevo region in Tatarstan. The building houses 6 group premises with sports and musical halls, a sensory room, curriculum and doctor's offices, a catering unit, a laundry, and a sport and recreation ground. The modern developing and information-intensive educational environment is created there to promote children’s activity.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Igor Shuvalov also watched online broadcasting of the other two kindergartens in Laishevo town and Bolshie Kabani village (Laishevo region).
Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated the residents with the event and noted that the formation of future school children takes place in the kindergarten. Taking the opportunity, Rustam Minnikhanov expressed his gratitude to the builders for qualitative work.
Then, the guests overviewed new kindergarten premises such as sports and musical halls and got familiar with work conducted in the group for infants.
“75 kindergartens for 10, 000 children are scheduled to be opened in the republic this year. It is the record number of kindergartens ever built in the republic,” Interim President of Tatarstan Republic said.
In his turn, Igor Shuvalov praised the leadership of Tatarstan Republic for successful implementation of innovations in solving problems related to queue in kindergartens and noticed that Tatarstan was among the first regions to have used electronic queue systems to kindergartens.
It should be noted that social facilities are constructed by Tatarstan Republic Presidential programmes that are financed from regional budget. 30 unique programmes are under way in the republic, most of which are aimed at rural area development. None of them were cut back despite the crisis.
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