TOMSK, Jun 3 – RIA Tomsk. Lyceum at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) is the only one from educational institutions of the Tomsk region, which was included into the final list of basic schools of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the press service of the university reported on Monday.
As earlier Izvestia reported, "Basic schools of RAS" is a joint project of RAS and the Ministry of Education. Within it scientific institutes will supervise work of educational institutions to contribute to the development of scientific and technical potential. In the pilot project it was planned to include 110 schools which are selected by RAS from 32 regions of the Russian Federation. The project purpose is to bring Russia in top-10 of the countries on quality of the general education.
According to the press service, good results of school students in the subject Olympiads and competitions, use of resources of scientific institutes of RAS and other scientific, practical and educational platforms, personnel potential for formation of research abilities of students were considered when choosing basic schools.
"The lyceum at TPU became the only basic school of RAS from the Tomsk region. Besides, the Tomsk Polytechnic University was included into the list of regional scientific education centers of support of basic schools of RAS, and the acting rector of TPU Petr Chubik – into the list of project coordinators", – it is said in the statement of the press service.
It is specified that TPU was also included into the list of regional scientific education centers of support of basic schools of RAS.
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As appears from materials on the website of the Siberian office of RAS, 108 schools from 32 regions of the Russian Federation were included into the final list. The maximum number of institutions – six – the academy chose in the Moscow region, on five basic schools is in six regions, including the Novosibirsk region.
The lyceum at TPU is founded in 1992 and has a physical and mathematical profile. In recent years it is the leader in number of the graduates who got the highest point for the Unified state examination in the Tomsk region. The lyceum occupies the floor in building No. 9 of TPU on Arkady Ivanov Street, 4. Moving of lyceum to building No. 8 is planned that the number of students will allow to increase by 2.5 times. Development of documentation on overhaul of a wing of the building will be completed by the end of 2019.
About the Education national project
Now the Education national project is implemented in the Russian Federation. Its key purposes are ensuring global competitiveness of Russian education, inclusion of the Russian Federation to number of 10 leading countries of the world on quality of the general education, education of harmoniously developed and socially responsible personality on the basis of spiritual and moral values of the people of the Russian Federation, historical and national and cultural traditions.
Includes 10 projects: "Modern school", "Success of each child", "Support of the families having children", "Digital educational environment", "Teacher of the future", "Young professionals", "New opportunities for everyone", "Social activity", "Education export" and "Social elevators for everyone".