Mintimer Shaimiev meets Minister of Education of Russia Olga Vasilieva

On May 24, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev met Russian Minister of Education Olga Vasilieva, who arrived in Kazan today to take part in the closing ceremony of the 7th Young Professionals (WorldSkills Russia) National Competition.

During her stay in the republic, Vasilieva looked around Kazan Expo Exhibition Centre, visited Innopolis University, made a flight over the island-town of Sviyazhsk and visited a construction site of the first multi-lingual school.

At the beginning of the meeting, Shaimiev showed the Minister an exposition on the activities of the Regional Revival Foundation for the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, told the guest about the project “Cultural Heritage: the ancient city of Bolgar and the island-town of Sviyazhsk” and other revived facilities.  

Shaimiev and Vasilieva exchanged their views on the implementation of a joint project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the republic and the Regional Revival Foundation on the establishment of a multilingual educational complex in the republic, which started earlier this year.

The meeting also considered joint efforts aimed at solving problems of teaching Tatar language and supplementary education step by step.

Deputy Chairman of the regional State Council, Executive Director of the Regional Revival Foundation Tatyana Larionova andMinister of Education and Science of the republic Rafis Burganov took part in the meeting.