I. Metshin inspected the overhauled kindergarten “Smart Kids” in the Sovetsky district of Kazan

(KZN.RU, January 18, Alsu Safina). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, visited the kindergarten “Smart Kids”, which is a part of the MAOU “Lyceum – Engineering Center”. The overhaul was carried out in a two-story building, built in 1978, at Adel Kutuy, №86/1. The sundial and the intellectual-tactile site appeared on its territory. Now about 100 children attend the updated kindergarten. The head of the city inspected the premises for classes and talked with the children.

Venera Khairutdinova, the director of the Lyceum, greeted the head of the city in German and English and told him about the progress of the overhaul. Roof, windows, inside doors, entrances, utilities, electrician, and low-current systems were replaced in the building, the bathrooms, facades, and blinds were repaired, and the shaded shelters were equipped. The Director thanked the President of the RT for the program, within which the building was renewed, and the Mayor of Kazan and the district administration for their work.

The kindergarten can be rightfully called a unique one. Its feature is that the innovative development of an educational institution is ensured in the integration of linguistic and technological directions. As the director noted, today is not possible without knowledge of native and foreign languages”. The more languages a person knows the faster and more successfully he can socialize into this world. And technical direction develops thinking.

The “Lyceum – Engineering Center”, in addition to the kindergarten, includes the primary language school where students of 1-4 grades continue to develop their robotics skills, study English and German, as well as an engineering lyceum for schoolchildren of the 5 grade and older. The technical direction is implemented jointly with the KNRTU-KAI. Thus, the continuity of education is provided by a single concept.

The kindergarten opened after an overhaul in early December. Now 5 groups for 100 children are formed here. 12 teachers are engaged in their education and training.

Ilsur Metshin attended the robotics class of the senior group. The children showed him their achievements. The Mayor greeted the children in the polylingual class in English, and they sang the song in English to him. There are also clubs for choreography, singing, painting, and taekwondo in the kindergarten. I. Metshin examined the group unit, the sensory room, and the music room.

Landscaping was conducted on the territory of the educational institution and non-standard solutions were used. In particular, a sundial, an intellectual-tactile site, and much more appeared there.

The Mayor of Kazan thanked the contractor for the overhaul, the pedagogical staff for working with children and wished them success in the future.

Rustem Gafarov, the head of the Sovetskiy district administration, Ilnar Khidiyatov, the acting head of the Department of Education, Elena Baranova, the head of the kindergarten, and others also took part in the event.

Now 320 educational institutions operate in Kazan, implementing the program of preschool education: 309 kindergartens, 2 pro-gymnasiums, and 9 schools with pre-school departments. 86 institutions work in the pre-school sphere in the Sovetsky district. The pre-school education program covers 70000 children (2-7 years), including more than 17000 in the Sovetsky district.

By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in 2017, a decade of childhood is declared. The task of the National Strategy of Action for Children will find the continuation in it.