A new school with a capacity of 1,224 students will open in the
Novo-Savinovsky district of Kazan next year. Swimming pools and gyms will be
equipped for children, as well as an assembly hall with more than 500 seats,
which is comparable to the concert hall of the Saidash Cultural Center. The
progress of the construction was inspected today by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur
Metshin.
“The population of Kazan is increasing. Every year we record an increase
in the number of students: this year 166,000 children went to schools, then
next year their number will increase by another 10 thousand children. It
pleases, but at the same time imposes on us the responsibility for the
construction of schools in new residential areas,”- Ilsur Metshin said.
Seventeen schools and extensions have been built in Kazan over the past
5 years. This is one of the best indicators in the country, but this is not
enough. Schools located near the educational institutions under construction
are overcrowded by an average of one and a half times. Therefore, another
school under construction at the intersection of Nigmatullina and Sibgat Khakima
streets is extremely necessary, the Mayor stressed. It will unload the existing schools, as well as admit
new residents of this district – in the next few years, residential buildings
for 2,200 apartments will be built here.
“Construction is on schedule, there is everything so that in the new
academic year we will hear the first bell in the new school,”- said the Mayor
of Kazan.
Construction works are carried out under the Education national project.
The area of the three-storey building will be 24.5 thousand square meters.
Deputy Director of the Tatarstan Investment and Construction Department Dinar
Badrutdinov reported to Ilsur Metshin that construction and installation works
are currently underway at the facility, the monolithic frame of the building is
completed. “The work is carried out according the the schedule. Now 70 people
are working at the facility,”- D. Badrutdinov reported.
On the first floor of the school there will be classrooms for elementary
school students, and on the second and third floors, in addition to classrooms,
there will be an assembly hall, a canteen, 2 swimming pools and 2 gyms, a
library and other offices. A football pitch and playgrounds for volleyball,
basketball and tennis will be built on the landscaped territory for students.
The new school will create an accessible environment for teaching
children with disabilities. According to the project, the entrance groups are
equipped with ramps, and elevators are also available in the building. Toilets
for children with special needs are located on all floors.
Ilsur Metshin got acquainted with the design projects of the classrooms
and instructed to finalize them taking into account the opinion of the principal
the new educational institution. “Every school should have its own design. It
is important that teachers and management are involved in the development of
the design of the classrooms,”- the head of the city noted. Albert Akhmetov,
Deputy Head of the Department of Education, said that the competition for the
position of school principal continues, presently there are 4 applicants. At
the final stage, they will have to present their own vision of the concept of
the school.
To date, there are 200 schools in Kazan, including 169 municipal ones
with 166,335 students.