I. Metshin: “This is the school of the XXI century. We could not even dream of constructing it”

(KZN.RU, July 4, Mikhail Chentsov). The construction of a polylingual gymnasium for 1224 students is being completed in the Sovetsky district of Kazan on the 2nd Azinskaya Street. It is planned to open an important social object to the beginning of the new school year. Eight parallels will open in the gymnasium in the academic year 2017-2018: from the 1st to the 8th grade. Ilsur Metshin, the head of the Tatarstan’s capital, inspected the building, classes, sports and administrative units of the new educational institution today during the visiting meeting.

Azat Nigmatzyanov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, Marat Aizatullin, the director of the GISU RT, Guzel Ananieva, the director of the MUP “Department of Food and Social Catering”, Ilsur Hadiullin, the head of the Education Department of the Executive Committee, Rustem Gafarov, the head of Sovetsky district’s administration, and others took part in the inspection together with the Mayor.

Today, 10 months after the start of construction, there are only the finishing works left to the completion of the project.

Such works as the installation of roof, windows and stained-glass windows, a ventilated facade, bricklaying of partitions, external and internal walls, and plastering have been fully completed. In addition, works on the arrangement of internal engineering networks are almost completed. Construction of the gymnasium is conducted at the expense of the federal and republican budgets.

Gazinur Akhmetov, the general director of the contractor OOO “Ak Tash”, reported that the accomplishment will be finished by the end of July. “The stages of the final inspection begin from 15-20 of August”, he told the Mayor.

The estimated capacity of the three-storey gymnasium is designed for 1224 students. The total area of the building is 25.8 thousand square meters. The school has 4 units: catering, primary and senior classes, and a sports block, which includes two swimming pools and two gyms.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, positively assessed the progress of the work. “This is a perfect project. There is everything to ensure that children will receive a quality education. This is, of course, the school of the XXI century. We could not even dream of starting such construction”, the Mayor shared his opinion.

Ildar Sayakhov, the director of the new polylingual gymnasium, reported on the compliance of the new school with all requirements to the head of the city. He was chosen as the head of the school on the basis of competitive selection.

According to him, the project of the gymnasium is, very modern indeed because it meets all educational standards, including advanced study in different profiles. “Equipment allows us to realize a wide range of educational services. It is supposed that the school will work in one shift but with a very busy after-school program in different directions: intellectual, creative, sportive, and others”, he said.

I. Metshin noted that the gymnasium should become not only the center of education but also the center of extracurricular life. “The entire micro-district should use this wonderful institution”, marked the head of the city.

In the catering unit, the Mayor of Kazan addressed to G. Ananieva with a proposal to decorate the dining room with a national Tatar ornament. “It is necessary that upbringing, including national education, starts from the places where children are present every day. They do not study in physics or chemistry classrooms every day but the dining room gathers everyone”, said the Mayor.

There will be no restrictions in the compilation of classes in the new polylingual gymnasium. According to I. Sayakhov, the director of the school, there will be classes with both in Tatar and in Russian languages of tuition. “The compilation will take into account the wishes of the parents, as well as the ability of children to learn a language”, he said.

Eight parallels will open in the gymnasium in the academic year 2017-2018: from 1st to 8th grades. There will be 5 classes in each of them except eight classes. The school will recruit senior, graduating classes from the next academic year after obtaining accreditation.