Ilsur Metshin meets with teachers and students of Kazan Pedagogical College

The Mayor of the capital of Tatarstan, Ilsur Metshin, visited the Kazan Pedagogical College, which is located on Daurskaya Street in the Sovetsky city district. The Mayor met with teachers and students of the educational institution, including those who have practice in a training apartment for children with disabilities. Ilsur Metshin got acquainted with the resource center for teachers and the Bakhetle Bala child development center. The Mayor of Kazan instructed the Department of Education together with the college to develop creative projects. Together with the head of the city, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Ilsur Khadiullin visited the educational institution.

“This year is the Year of the Teacher and Mentor. Therefore, we are launching a number of grants for Kazan teachers, but this is not enough. I ask Irek Asafovich together with the college staff to analyze the potential of our cooperation, to think over steps for its development. We should not take a passive position, but be initiators of joint creative projects,”- Ilsur Metshin said, addressing the head of the Education Department of the Executive Committee of the city Irek Rizvanov.

Kazan Pedagogical College is one of the oldest educational institutions in the country, founded in 1876. “It was opened on the initiative of the educator and theologian Shigabutdin Marjani by the faculty of the Imperial University as the Kazan Tatar Teachers' School,”- said the director of the college Anfisa Zalyalova when visiting the museum. Among the outstanding graduates is the Tatar composer Sara Sadykova.

Today, 1,726 students study at the college in four main programs – teaching in primary classes, preschool education, physical education, information systems and programming. Since April 2022, 42 students have trained at supplementary short-term courses on working with children with intellectual disabilities. Among them are 4th–year students Anastasia Matveeva and Nadezhda Kuznetsova, who were volunteers in a training apartment for special children, which opened last summer.

The head of the city thanked the college administration for paying attention to the training of staff to work with children with disabilities. “This is very important for us. For the convenience of parents of children with disabilities, we decided to open such apartments in each district. But in addition to the walls, teachers are needed who would be trained to work with such children and pass on their experience, - the head of the city said. - We will create conditions so that there are as many opportunities as possible for teaching special children. We are waiting for you not to practice, but to work.”

To date, the Kazan Pedagogical College is a specialized competence center of WorldSkills Russia in the republic of Tatarstan and the expert center of Russia for the competence “Teacher of preschool children” under WorldSkills standards and has the status of a regional innovation platform. Since 2015, students of the educational institution have been taking part in the Young Professionals competition (WorldSkills Russia) in the competencies “Teaching in junior school” and “Preschool education”. This allowed the college to enter the top 100 educational institutions of secondary vocational education of the Young Professionals organization.

Ninety-three teachers work with students at the college, noted Anfisa Zalyalova. “70% of our graduates work at schools. And in general, more than 90% of students continue their career in educational system,”- the director of the college summed up.