I. Metshin: “4 schools for 4896 places will be built in Kazan until 2020”

(KZN.RU, March 16). Two new schools in Kazan should take students in the new school year. It is planned to complete and pass the school on the street 2nd Azinskaya by this time. Another school, scheduled for the opening, is located in the neighborhood “Sed’moe Nebo”. In total, four general educational institutions for 4896 places will be built in Kazan under the federal program for the construction of schools until 2020. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, reported this during the program “Theme” on the TV channel "Efir".

The TV viewer asked the Mayor the question of schools’ building. “We moved to the 2-nd Azinskaya three years ago and, buying an apartment, hoped that the school would appear soon. But the construction kept stopping and resuming, and this year we are already going to school and yet do not know which one. Other schools are far away, and I would like to ask you if we will have a school? Thank you”, the woman addressed to the head of the city.

Ilsur Metshin assured that the school on the street 2nd Azinskaya will be completed, despite interruptions in financing. “We counted on that federal program, which Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, voiced in his statement in 2015. And then the first federal money came, and this school will be built on them. Today, roofing works are carrying out there, I recently visited the construction site, and I have no doubt that the school will be completed. Previously, the private sector was located in this territory, and today, it grows up by new buildings, and, of course, by children. This makes me happy. Usually we open a set for schools in February, and I hope, will start from April in this school. Our respected viewer will be able to apply a child to this school”, said the Mayor.

The head of the city noted that, in general, four schools for 4896 places will be built in Kazan under the federal program for the construction of schools until 2020 (including on the street 2nd Azinskaya). “But the shortage is huge, though. 35% of schools work in two shifts, and according to the educational standard, all schoolchildren must study in one shift. For comparison, less than 10 thousand children were born in Kazan in 1998, and last year - over 25 thousand children. There is a problem. We solved the question of queues in kindergartens for children older than 3 years thanks to the presidential program “Beleketch” and the federal road map, but problems remain in schools. There is no such a difficult situation in Tatarstan as in Kazan. The problem is complex but solvable”, concluded the Mayor.