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Are Putin's words a black mark on national languages? Engel fattakhov saw Tatarstan as a separate state Engel fattakhov about the Tatar language

About what days Engel Fattakhov in the position of Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan were considered, they began to talk in November. The reason for the rumors was about the study Tatar language that reached the Russian government. Fortunately, the point in this matter has been put. Probably, for many, Engel Fattakhov will be remembered as the person under whom the “language conflict” broke out, but a number of important innovations were made under him.

The fight against requisitions

In 2012, Engel Fattakhov replaced Albert Gilmutdinov as Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan. According to human rights activists, one of the reasons for it was the numerous cases of school extortion. Sitting in the chair of the Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan, Engel Fattakhov announced his desire to fight extortion. So, in 2014, he forbade collecting money from parents for any needs: repairing classes and schools, buying workbooks, etc. However, parents of schoolchildren continue to complain about the requisitions. As it turned out, some educational institutions came up with fundraising from both parents and teachers.

Learning foreign languages

Engel Fattakhov paid attention to foreign languages Special attention. According to him, testing different classes showed that the students do not know English well. In September 2014, Engel Fattakhov foreign language compulsory subject for all first graders. In addition, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan has developed a map to improve training. So, in all 10th grades in 2018 year will pass testing in English with the section "speaking". Thus, according to him, the republic is preparing for the introduction of a mandatory USE in a foreign language.

Before the beginning school year in 2015, the Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan announced that in September six schools of the republic will begin Chinese. The experiment involves a lyceum in the Bugulma district, a school in Sabinsky, Tatar gymnasium No. 1, gymnasium No. 6, schools No. 18, 35 of Kazan.

Testing in 4th grade

Tatarstan has developed a regional program for assessing the quality of education. In addition to the USE for graduates of 11th grade and the OGE for students of 9th grade, since 2015 testing for children graduating from 4th grade has started in Tatarstan. As Engel Fattakhov noted, it was introduced in order to regularly check the knowledge of students and get away from the perception of the USE as a psychological barrier.

Reduction of 10th and 11th grades

In 2015, Engel Fattakhov said that in order to improve the performance of the Unified State Examination, strong guys with good academic performance should be admitted to the 10th grade, and three and two students can be sent to colleges and technical schools.

So the schools did, but the parents were dissatisfied with the new method. Therefore, after inspections by the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tatarstan, a number of educational institutions either opened the 10th grade, or provided places for students in the existing ones.

Note that the problem of senior classes remains. In 2017, parents of schoolchildren again turned to the supervisory authority with a request to help transfer their children to the 10th grade.

Astronomy lessons

Since September 2017, astronomy has been in Kazan schools. The subject is studied by students of the 10th and 11th grades. Schools were provided with appropriate textbooks and teachers were retrained. It should be noted that the return of astronomy to schools is an all-Russian trend.

Introduction of a professional standard for teachers

In 2016, Engel Fattakhov said that the republic places special emphasis on providing quality education to all schoolchildren in the Republic of Tatarstan, regardless of their place of residence: city center, remote microdistrict, village. In this regard, he held two times in the form of the Unified State Examination for teachers, with which the teachers were extremely dissatisfied.

In addition, he will distribute 10 thousand laptops to teachers, upgrade working equipment and financially motivate teachers.

Tatarstan complies with all norms of federal legislation when compiling educational programs school. This was stated at a briefing by the head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, Engel Fattakhov, answering the question of a KazanFirst correspondent whether the republic would change the norms for teaching Russian and Tatar languages.

- We have the Constitution of Tatarstan, there is a law on the norms of education, a law on the state languages ​​- Russian and Tatar. In this regard, we have no violations. All our actions are coordinated with the Ministry of Education Russian Federation. We, the ministry, are only executors. We comply with the law. We have an education program, and we will continue to act within its framework. We are doing a lot in terms of languages, the concept of teaching the Tatar language has been adopted specifically for children who are Russian-speaking, and for Tatar children who are not fluent in the Tatar language, the minister noted.

According to him, the position of the ministry is as follows - every parent will not mind if his child is fluent in Russian, Tatar and English.

Earlier, the minister stated that the words of the President of Russia, spoken at the Council on Interethnic Relations on July 20 in Yoshkar-Ola and dedicated to the priority of studying the Russian language in schools, do not apply to language policy in Tatarstan.

In his speech in the capital of Mari El, Putin instructed all heads of regions to closely monitor that no one is forced to learn non-native languages.

- I want to remind you, dear friends, that the Russian language for us is the state language, the language of interethnic communication, and it cannot be replaced by anything. He is the natural spiritual frame of our entire multinational country. Everyone should know it... The languages ​​of the peoples of Russia are also an integral part of the original culture of the peoples of Russia. Learning these languages ​​is a constitutionally guaranteed right, a voluntary right. Forcing a person to learn a language that is not native to him is just as unacceptable as lowering the level of teaching Russian. I draw the special attention of the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation to this- said Vladimir Putin.

Where are the minister and prosecutor?

Before the long-awaited session, which was supposed to discuss the most pressing issue recent months In addition to the main theme, several more intrigues have accumulated. Unexpectedly for everyone, the prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ildus Nafikov, went on vacation yesterday, right before the meeting.

The question “Has the Minister of Education already arrived?” became the most popular among journalists this morning. Engel Fattakhov still did not appear on the sidelines of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, which gave rise to suspicions that one of his deputies would not take the rap in front of the parliament? It soon became clear that Fattakhov was already in the hall, he just entered not from the main entrance, but by detours.

There was also the prosecutor of the republic, who specially arrived for the session, but did not utter a word during the entire session. But his counterpart finally broke the vow of silence. For the past few months, Engel Fattakhov has carefully avoided public speaking. Today, he spoke about the state of affairs, speaking for the first time on the topic of the language crisis in Tatarstan.

- Within 10 days, a joint inspection of the Prosecutor General's Office and Rosobrnadzor took place in the schools of the republic. Such an order of the President of Russia was published on August 28, just before the start of the school year. The president's instructions address two issues: the state of learning and teaching the Russian language, and the voluntary study of the native and state languages ​​of the republics of the Russian Federation.

Tataralmost foreign, though state-owned

There are no problems with teaching the Russian language in the republic, the Minister of Education said. In 2017, following the results USE results of Tatarstan graduates is higher than in most regions of Russia. The difference with Moscow is only 7 hundredths of a point. We should expect that it will be even better, because as part of the execution of the instructions of the President, the volumes of studying the Russian language were brought up to the recommended sample programs Oh.

- Starting from the second quarter of this academic year, parents of students of the republic are given the opportunity to choose their native Russian language for their children to study. Schoolchildren of the republic, whose parents chose the Russian language, and we have 30% of them, will study 2 independent subjects within the school schedule - Russian as a state, Russian as a native, - the minister explained. – The total number of classes in the Russian language and literature in school timetable can reach 11 hours per week or 2 lessons per day. At the same time, there are no exemplary programs and textbooks for Russian as a native language. Compilation teaching materials we lead ourselves. These will be combinations of courses in rhetoric, world fiction, culture and in-depth study of the Russian language and literature.


However, what was expected from the minister was not a report on the successes of the Tatarstan education. Everyone is interested in the question of how the Tatar language will be taught in schools and whether they will be at all.

- Today, consultations with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation continue. For the transitional phase, we proposed the following. Develop curriculum options for primary and secondary general education in which a mandatory part of the curriculum within study area"native language and native literature" will be possible to choose and study the native language - Russian, Tatar, Chuvash, Mari, Udmurt, Mordovian, etc. in the amount of 2-3 hours. At the same time, the state Tatar language will be studied in the amount of 2 hours by all students. AT high school the study of the Tatar language as the state language is proposed to be organized on a voluntary basis. In the current situation, we believe that this approach could be a compromise solution that would allow us to bring the volumes of studying the Russian language up to those recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, ensure the choice of the native language at the request of parents within the framework of the exemplary area “native language and native literature”, preserve the possibility of studying Tatar language as a state language, to ensure the voluntariness of the study of the state Tatar language at the senior level,” said Fattakhov. - During the next meeting with the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva yesterday, she confirmed her readiness to agree on this compromise solution. We expect to receive the corresponding letter next week. Next, we consider it necessary to organize joint work on introducing changes to the federal educational standards with the obligatory participation of representatives of the regions in this work.

- In the 90s, there was a transition to universal teaching of the Tatar language. This required the involvement of personnel, including through the retraining of non-core specialists. In parallel, programs and textbooks were developed. By the beginning of the 90s, there was practically no experience in teaching the Tatar language to a foreign-language audience. There are two main problems in teaching the Tatar language. The first is the insufficient methodological preparation of teachers for working in a foreign-language classroom. We do not fully realize that we are entering a class of children for whom the Tatar language is almost a foreign language, although it is the state language. The second is that programs and textbooks are aimed at studying the structure of the language, and not at communication technologies, the minister summed up.

“Not a single Tatar teacher will be fired during the school year”

The new curriculum entails an increase in the load on Russian language teachers. The total need for them is about 220 people. The same number of teachers of the Tatar language may be laid off. In total, there are about one and a half thousand of them in the republic. The minister said that even if they study load will be reduced, the salary will remain the same for two months. The fate of the teachers was clarified by the president of the republic.


- We have prepared a version that takes into account all the norms of federal legislation and the laws of the republic. It has been previously agreed with specialists from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. This document has been submitted. Yesterday our minister met with Olga Yurievna (Olga Vasilyeva, Minister of Education of Russia. - Ed.), there is confirmation. We have decided that no teacher will be fired. We will take all necessary measures for a sufficient number of teachers of the Russian language, for this we have a reserve. And at the same time, not a single Tatar language teacher will be fired during the school year. We already have road map for each school. People should be calm, schools should be calm. There will be no illegal, illegal steps on our part. We are waiting for a new federal standard, where the state language of the republic will be taught two hours a week. I also negotiated with the administration, there is an understanding, I really hope that we should resolve this issue in the near future. We must clearly comply with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan, laws and regulations published by the Russian Ministry of Education. This path must be taken. Today I would not like to discuss once again the importance and seriousness of this task. Let's let our colleagues work with the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and after that we will report to the Parliament on the work done,” suggested Rustam Minnikhanov.

After this statement by the President, Farid Mukhametshin proposed to abandon the debate and postpone the discussion of the burning issue until the next session. The date was promised to be announced later.

"We are, as always, at the forefront"

After a meeting around the chairman of the committee on culture, science, education and national issues The State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Razil Valeev was lined up with journalists who were interested in what to do with schools where meetings had already been held and parents had chosen curricula, would it be necessary to revise the already selected programs, would the Tatar language appear in the first grades?


– It all depends on what decision will be made in Moscow, in the Ministry of Education of our republic and the President of the Russian Federation. I think that if the consistency of positions was reflected in the conversation of the ministers, then changes should be made to the Federal State Educational Standard of the Russian Federation, Razil Valeev said.

- Will it spread only to Tatarstan or to all the republics? - the correspondent of "MK-Povolzhye" asked.

- All republics.

– That is, in fact, Tatarstan opens the way for the study of national languages ​​in all republics?

- Yes, you can count it. On October 24, at a meeting in Makhachkala, I spoke about this, and there all the national republics supported Tatarstan's proposals. They also act, not only us. For example, Yakutia is very active in this area, Chuvashia. But we are, as always, at the forefront.

The promised week, during which Olga Vasilyeva must give in to Tatarstan, expires, the Minister of Education is waiting, and the department itself is turning its attention to other issues

Today Kazan hosted a council under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on education and science. Strange as it may seem, they dedicated it not to the problem of studying the Tatar language, but to the reform of the Academy of Sciences. Seven Kazan research institutes were merged into one organization - the Federal Research Center, based on the Kazan scientific center RAN. The FASO leadership admonished: "there will be funds if there is a result." The meeting still attracted the attention of journalists from all media: both local and federal. They were interested, of course, not in the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, but in the fate of the Tatar language. We received a response, but not quite the one we expected. Details are in the material of Realnoe Vremya.

Engel Fattakhov did not comment on the issue of the Tatar language

The Council for Education and Science under the President of Tatarstan has never attracted the attention of so many journalists. And the Kazan Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where the event took place, clearly did not count on a large number of presses. There were not enough chairs for everyone, and for an hour and a half the correspondents were forced to stand.

The attention of the media, including federal ones, flattered the scientists, but the journalists gathered not for the sake of science. Everyone expected to hear news about the fate of the Tatar language from the first persons - Rustam Minnikhanov and Engel Fattakhov. But, despite the relevance of the topic, not a word was said about it at the meeting.

At the end of the event, journalists tried to literally encircle Engel Fattakhov. Whether the Minister of Education hesitated and did not have time to leave the hall together with a mass of officials, or he deliberately stayed, - it is not clear. He did not give a specific answer to reporters.

"Please comment on the information spread today that the federal center will not change its position on the voluntary nature of learning the Tatar language," Realnoe Vremya's correspondent asked.

No, not until I do. We are waiting for now, - answered Engel Fattakhov.

How long are you waiting for? - the correspondent of Realnoe Vremya specified.

I don't know, - the minister answered and went towards the exit from the hall.

Will there be an answer this week? the journalist of Realnoe Vremya asked again.

I don't know yet. We wait.

Literally one question, Engel Navapovich ... - the journalists did not let up.

We wait. We are waiting, waiting for an answer from Moscow,” Fattakhov repeated, rapidly moving away from the journalists who were chasing him until he disappeared into his office.

The answer was to be sent by Olga Vasilyeva. Photo by Alexander Korolkov (rg.ru)

Letter from Olga Vasilyeva to Engel Fattakhov: two days left

The answer, we recall, was to be sent by Olga Vasilyeva. At a meeting of the State Council of Tatarstan on November 8, Engel Fattakhov reported to parliamentarians that at a meeting with the Moscow boss, he offered her some kind of compromise, and said that a preliminary consent had been received and “we expect a corresponding letter from the ministry next week.” It was about special curriculum for Tatarstan, which would provide for two hours a week of studying Tatar by everyone, as state language, and 2-3 hours - as part of the subject "Mother tongue" for those who choose it as their mother tongue.

A week after the loud statements, the Tatar language in schools continues to be studied voluntarily as part of the subject "Mother tongue". As Fattakhov stated at the same time, about 70% of parents chose Tatar as their “native language”.

The silence of the Tatarstan authorities, who never made public Vasilyeva's answer, gave birth to the assumption that there would still be no answer - the Ministry of Education of Russia does not intend to yield to Tatarstan and change the Federal State Educational Standards. As RBC reported today with reference to a federal official, the Kremlin will not change its position on the study of the Tatar language in schools - it should be studied on a voluntary basis.

Farid Mukhametshin, chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, did not bring clarity today either. According to him, Putin's order is now being fulfilled, and native languages ​​are studied on a voluntary basis. “This is a rule for all national republics, there will be no exceptions for anyone. Representatives of all peoples living in our republic voluntarily study their native languages ​​of their choice - 2-3 hours a week. This applies to Russians, and Tatars, and Chuvash, and Mari, and others. And the statement of Dmitry Peskov, who confirmed this: “Yes, indeed,” is quite logical and does not carry any sensation.”

The topic of the council concerned the reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences: seven Kazan research institutes were merged into one organization called the Federal Research Center

They asked for a billion, but they will receive 100 million: Kazan research institutes reported on the merger

The topic of the council, which today faded against the background of the language problem, concerned the reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Seven Kazan research institutes were merged into one organization called the Federal Research Center - this is the Institute of Organic and physical chemistry named after Arbuzov, Kazan Institute of Physics and Technology named after Zavoisky, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute of Mechanics and Engineering and Research Center energy problems. Tatar Research Institute will be added to them Agriculture and Tatar Research Institute of Agrochemistry and Soil Science. Plus, the FRC included a polyclinic of the KSC RAS. They promised to allocate more than 100 million rubles for the development of the new scientific center.

The calculation is carried out on researcher, for this center it is more than 100 million in the first year for development, and we will continue to look, - commented Irina Chugueva, head of the department for coordinating the activities of scientific centers of the Office for Coordinating and Supporting the Activities of Organizations in the Field of Science of the FASO of Russia.

Oleg Sinyashin, chairman of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Arbuzov Institute of Physical Chemistry, headed the Kazan FRC. Rustam Minnikhanov was offered to head the Board of Trustees.

The center has serious potential, unique support from the leadership of the region, and we are ready to seek funds, but this will be ineffective if there is no development. There will be no penetration into education if there is no interest in these ideas from the industry, and here is our big task. I have no doubt that the indicators can be improved in the very near future, and we will be able to compare the Kazan Scientific Center not only with republican institutions, but also with the best centers in Russia and the world, - Mikhail Kotyukov, head of FANO, set the task.

Oleg Sinyashin headed the Kazan Federal Research Center. Photo kpfu.ru

Let us recall that earlier real time”published detailed material on the creation of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Arbuzov IOPC expected to receive about 1 billion rubles from the merger for several years to re-equip instruments. Representatives of other institutions were more restrained in their desires, having talked with colleagues from other regions who survived the merger, they came to the conclusion that funding could be significantly less: “Well, not zero, probably, but it can be very small,” commented Acting Zavoisky Institute Alexey Kalachev.

Daria Turtseva