(Kazan City
KZN.RU, March 2, Ekaterina Andreeva). In the capital of Tatarstan, in spite of
the difficult economic situation, the construction of new schools will be
continued. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, who was the guest of the program
"Theme" on TV "Efir", assured the residents in this.
One of the
residents of the city asked the question of the construction of new schools, she
noted that the birth rate is increasing in Kazan, kindergartens are being built,
and new neighborhoods grow. "While we successfully solve the problem of
shortage of places in kindergartens, children grow up; we do not have enough
schools. Will you build them?"- she asked.
Mayor of
Kazan Ilsur Metshin briefly replied: "Yes. We will build". He
reminded that in Tatarstan capital in the past year two schools were put in
operation. One of them, city school №179, the biggest in the republic, was
opened on September 1 in New Savinovsky district. "According to the
program of liquidation of dilapidated housing blocks are grown large, and residents
has long been waiting for the school" - the head of the city recalled.
Today, as I.
Metshin recalled, the capital of Tatarstan in dire need of 15 schools in the
most densely populated parts of the city. "A number of districts actually "burn
in red", - the Mayor stressed the seriousness of the problem.
He added
that currently 60 schools from 168 in Kazan are working in two shifts, with overload.
That is, every tenth student of Kazan attends classes in the second shift. The
Mayor reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin set the task - to translate
all schools in the country to study in one shift. The federal program with a
budget of 50 billion rubles was approved for this. Kazan is ready to build new
schools, projects of buildings of educational institutions exist, the Mayor of
Kazan said.
It is worth
adding that last year the number of students in Kazan grew by 3.4 thousand. In
the new academic year another 4.5 thousand people will be added to the students.
Over 14 thousand first-graders will sit at the desks. It is estimated that by
2019 contingent of students will increase by 16851 persons.