That the days Engel Fattakhova in the post of Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan they were considered, they began to talk in November. The rumors were caused by the study of the Tatar language, which reached the Russian government. Fortunately, the point has been set in this matter. Probably, for many, Engel Fattakhov will be remembered as the person in whom the "language conflict" broke out, but during his time a number of important innovations were made.
Fight against extortions
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 this was the numerous cases of school extortions. Sitting in the chair of the Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan, Engel Fattakhov announced his desire to fight the extortion. So, in 2014, he forbade collecting money from parents for any needs: repairing classrooms and schools, buying workbooks, etc. However, the parents of schoolchildren continue to complain about the extortions. As it turned out, some educational institutions have come up with fundraising from both parents and teachers.
Learning foreign languages
Engel Fattakhov paid special attention to foreign languages. According to him, testing in different classes showed that the students do not know English well. In September 2014 Engel Fattakhov a foreign language is a compulsory subject for all first graders. In addition, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan has developed a map for improving training. So, in all 10 grades in 2018 will be tested in English with the section "speaking". Thus, according to him, the republic is preparing for the introduction of a compulsory USE in a foreign language.
Before the start of the academic year in 2015, the Minister of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan said that in September six schools of the republic will start the Chinese language. The experiment involves a lyceum in the Bugulma region, a school in Sabinsky, a Tatar gymnasium No. 1, a gymnasium No. 6, schools No. 18, 35 of Kazan.
Testing in 4 grades
In Tatarstan, a regional program for assessing the quality of education has been developed. In addition to the USE for 11th grade graduates and the OGE for 9th grade students, testing for children graduating from grade 4 has started in Tatarstan since 2015. As Engel Fattakhov noted, it was introduced in order to regularly check the knowledge of students and get away from the perception of the exam as a psychological barrier.
Reduction of 10th and 11th grades
In 2015, Engel Fattakhov said that in order to improve the USE indicators, strong children with good academic performance should be admitted to the 10th grade, and C grade students and poor students can be sent to colleges and technical schools.This is what the schools did, but the parents were unhappy with the new method. Therefore, after inspections of the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Tatarstan, a number of educational institutions either they opened 10th grades, or provided places for students in the available ones.
Note that the problem of high school remains. In 2017, the parents of schoolchildren again turned to the supervisory authority with a request to help transfer their children to 10th grade.
Astronomy lessons
From September 2017 to the schools of Kazan astronomy. The subject is studied by pupils of the 10th and 11th grades. Schools were provided with appropriate textbooks, and teachers underwent retraining. 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 particular emphasis on providing high-quality education for all schoolchildren of the Republic of Tatarstan, regardless of their place of residence: city center, remote microdistrict, village. In this regard, he spent two times in the form of the Unified State Exam for teachers, with which the teachers were extremely unhappy.
In addition, he will distribute 10,000 laptops to teachers, update working equipment and financially motivate teachers.
Speech by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Council for Interethnic Relations on July 20 in Yoshkar-Ola, at which he announced the inadmissibility of compulsory teaching of a non-native language in the national republics and the reduction of hours for the Russian language, in Tatarstan they try to disavow in every possible way. This is done in two ways: they pretend that Putin's words do not concern Tatarstan at all, but he allegedly speaks about some other region, or who simply deny the statement of the head of state.
The Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan behaved most revealingly in this regard. Engel Fattakhov, who combined both positions in his commentary: firstly, Putin's words are not about Tatarstan, and secondly, here in Tatarstan everything is according to the law (let's clarify, according to local laws).
“In the common people it is called“ turning on the fool, ”- this is how the chairman of the Society of Russian Culture of Tatarstan reacted to Fattakhov's words. Mikhail Shcheglov... According to him, “the reaction of the Russian-speaking residents of Tatarstan to the words of the President of Russia was one - inspiration. However, the leader of the RUKT says, if “A” was said, then “B” should also follow, meaning that after the words of the President of Russia, instructions and concrete actions to change the situation should follow, since the problem in the language educational policy of Tatarstan is recognized as urgent ... At the same time, Mikhail Scheglov repeats: “First of all, its native speakers, and not the Russian-speaking residents of Tatarstan, should develop and preserve the Tatar language: the experiment on compulsory teaching of the Tatar language to Russian-speakers in the republic has failed in a quarter of a century, it is time to recognize and accept it as a reality, refuse him".
Shcheglov was echoed by the head of the Center for Ethnocultural Education Strategy of the Federal Institute for the Development of Education Olga Artemenko observing the reaction in Tatarstan. In her commentary, she also said that one gets the impression that “in Tatarstan, a fool was turned on at Putin’s statement.” “I read the comment of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Engel Fattakhov that the speech of the President of Russia about the inadmissibility of learning a foreign language and reducing the hours to Russian in the school timetable does not apply to Tatarstan,” continues Artemenko, “he is wrong when he says that the statement Putin does not concern Tatarstan and Bashkortostan: it is precisely these regions that the words of the Russian president concern first of all, and Tatarstan even more than Bashkortostan. "
According to the specialist, the situation in Bashkiria is better - in the sense that local legislation does not indicate the obligation to study the state language of the republic (Bashkir), and in Tatarstan, the study of Tatar is an obligation. Therefore, in Ufa, it is possible to challenge the practice of compulsory teaching of the Bashkir language: even the prosecutor's office of Bashkortostan can issue a warning to the head of the republic about the inadmissibility of violating the law when schoolchildren are obliged to learn the Bashkir language. In Tatarstan, according to local legislation, the study of the state language of the republic (Tatar) is mandatory, so it is impossible for parents to achieve voluntariness of its study through the courts.
Artemenko herself proposes to distinguish between the concepts of "the state language of Russia", "the state language of the republic" and "native language". “Minister Fattakhov, declaring that officials in Tatarstan fulfill the federal standard of education, is disingenuous, because there is no federal standard for teaching the state language of the republic, there is only a federal standard for teaching the state language of the Russian Federation. “In places of compact residence of Tatars, Tatar should be studied as a native language, in places of compact residence of Russians - Russian as a native language, and in multi-ethnic regions like Tatarstan or Bashkortostan, there should be a choice in learning their native language, which, alas, is not present” , - says the Moscow specialist. "There will be no conflicts and protests if the state language of the republic is also studied by choice," Artemenko is convinced, adding that if the authorities of Tatarstan agree to this, then no statements will follow from Putin, pointing to the ethnolinguistic problem in the national republics.
One way or another, but Putin's speech in Yoshkar-Ola for the second time this summer is an unambiguous signal sent to the authorities of Tatarstan ( the first case - the story around the non-extension of the agreement on the delineation of powers between Tatarstan and the federal center - approx. EADaily). All this is happening against the background of the exponential silence of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who prefers not to speak out on this issue in any way. Perhaps Minnikhanov understands that if he speaks out now, he will have to openly stand on one of the sides in this conflict, and this is fraught with either loss of support from the Tatar nationalists (quite influential in the republic’s establishment), or, much more serious, a conflict with President of the Russian Federation. Perhaps that is why Minnikhanov chose to go on vacation, leaving instead of himself for the main "Russian" Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin.
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Tatarstan intends to declare itself to the world as "a separate state" ... in the field of education. To this end, in the new academic year, for the first time, he will take part in the international comparative study of the quality of education PISA. "The results of our republic will be compared with the results of such states as Korea, Finland, Singapore, the United States," Tatarstan Minister of Education Engel Fattakhov stated the goal at the republican August teachers' council, which was held yesterday in Muslyumovo.
The current teachers' council was devoted to the topic “Ethnocultural and educational potential of the education system of the Republic of Tatarstan”, which sounded especially relevant in light of the recent statement by Vladimir Putin that it is unacceptable to force citizens to learn a foreign language and reduce the hours of teaching Russian. However, the Minister of Education of Tatarstan, stating that the president did not mean our republic.
Engel Fattakhov began his speech at yesterday's plenary session with achievements. He recalled: the USE graduates this year than last year, and in the Russian language Tatarstan graduates with an average score of 72.5 surpassed those in St. Petersburg, Saratov, Udmurt ...
In terms of the number of Olympic winners, Tatarstan retains the third place after Moscow and St. Petersburg. For the second year in a row, directors of our schools are among the top three at the all-Russian competition.
Then the minister turned to problems. One of them is the big gap in USE results between leading schools and outsiders. In particular, in the Russian language, a whole gulf lay between the worst and the best in the Zelenodolsk region, the Kirov and Moscow regions of Kazan. The same situation is with mathematics.
- Even in small schools, they could not properly prepare their children for exams. So, in one of the schools of the Alekseevsky district there was only one graduate - and he passed mathematics by 27 points. There are only two students in the rural school of Alkeevsky district, and also an average score of 27! - the minister was indignant.
Fattakhov stressed that various assessments of the quality of education play an important role in improving the educational process.
“In 2018, for the first time, the republic will take part in the international comparative study of the quality of education PISA, which makes it possible to position Tatarstan as a separate state ... The results of our republic will be compared with the results of such states as Korea, Finland, Singapore, the United States,” the head of the Ministry of Education solemnly announced.
The hall of the Muslyum Palace of Culture reacted to the news with deathly silence. How else to react to the words about the separateness of Tatarstan, when the agreement between Tatarstan and the federal center ordered to live a long time and is now on the political agenda.
The minister did not pass over the acute issue of studying two state languages in Tatarstan - Russian and Tatar. According to Fattakhov, a lot is being done to improve their teaching. But he focused exclusively on Tatar.
- The concept of teaching the Tatar language and literature was approved. This is a strategic document that sets the vector for development. The development and testing of new generation textbooks has begun, ”Fattakhov said.
Then he warmly addressed the heads of cities and districts:
- I ask you to keep the issues of national education under personal control ... Reports on the high coverage of children with education in their native language in the absence of real education is self-deception. The effectiveness of Tatar schools, especially in cities, requires your attention. For the second year in a row, we give children the opportunity to take exams after the 9th grade in eight subjects in the Tatar language. Considering that only 50% of children continue their education in grade 10, this is a good opportunity to complete basic education in their native language. At the same time, in such primordially Tatar regions as Atninsky, Sabinsky, Apastovsky, Kaibitsky, this year not a single schoolchild has passed the OGE in Tatar.
Note, according to the Ministry of Education, applications for passing the exam In the last academic year, more than a thousand children applied in the Tatar language in the republic, but as a result, only 393 students from 25 municipalities decided to pass exams in their native language.
This year we have assigned responsibility for national education issues to the deputy heads of district education departments. I believe that separate employees should be allocated in large cities, whose duties will include the task of preserving and developing their native languages. There is a good example in Kazan: they retained such positions in the city education department and in district administrations, - the minister praised the capital. And he cited as an example the Kazan Tatar gymnasium №2, which this year already took five Tatar first grades.
Engel Fattakhov also asked the heads of municipalities to pay close attention to national education in kindergartens, since languages are learned best at preschool age. In general, upbringing in their native language today in Tatarstan covers 54% of Tatar babies. According to the minister, this is not enough. And now he has already lectured Kazan:
- We studied the activities of 40 kindergartens with Tatar language education in Kazan. It turned out that only 24 teachers speak the Tatar language. Only one third of children continue their education in national schools. Based on the results of the audit, orgmeasures were adopted. In the new academic year, such monitoring will be carried out throughout the republic.
Complaining about the low indicators in teaching in native languages, Engel Fattakhov suggested that Rustam Minnikhanov, who was present at the teachers' council, should revive the research institute of national education at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.
- The existing scientific potential will be used. This will not require financial investments, ”the minister said to the president.
At the end of his 40-minute speech, Fattakhov stressed that in matters of national education, Tatarstan actively cooperates with the federal ministry and finds support in many ways.
- Meanwhile, a number of unresolved issues remain ... - noted Fattakhov. - So far we do not find support for conducting all-Russian tests for 4 grades in their native languages. The issue of writing dissertations in the native language has not been resolved; today it is impossible to do even in Tatar philology. The new educational standards in the new edition are alarming. There are a number of provisions that require revision, taking into account national regional characteristics.
Photos from the websites of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan
Tatarstan complies with all the norms of federal legislation when drawing up 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 a question from a KazanFirst correspondent whether the republic will change the norms of teaching Russian and Tatar languages.- We have the Constitution of Tatarstan, there is a law on education standards, a law on 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 keep 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 Tatar., - said the minister.
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 said that the words of the Russian president, spoken at the Council for 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 so that no one is forced to learn foreign languages.
- I would like to remind, dear friends, that the Russian language for us is the state language, the language of interethnic communication, and nothing can replace it. He is the natural spiritual framework 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 reducing the level of teaching Russian. I draw special attention to this of the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation- said Vladimir Putin.