E Fattakhov about the Russian language. A fighter against extortions and a defender of the Tatar. What do you remember about Engel Fattakhov? Engel Fattakhov did not comment on the issue of the Tatar language

Where are the minister and the prosecutor?

Before the long-awaited session, at which the most pressing issue was to be discussed last months, in addition to the main topic, several more intrigues have accumulated. Unexpectedly for everyone, Tatarstan prosecutor Ildus Nafikov went on vacation yesterday, just before the meeting.

The question “Has the Minister of Education arrived yet?” 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 whether one of his deputies would take the rap before the parliament? It soon became clear that Fattakhov was already in the hall, he just entered not from the main entrance, but by roundabout routes.

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. Over the past few months, Engel Fattakhov has diligently avoided public appearances. Today he spoke about the state of affairs, speaking for the first time on the topic of the language crisis in Tatarstan.

– For 10 days, a joint inspection of the republic’s schools was carried out by the Prosecutor General’s Office and Rosobrnadzor. This order from the President of Russia was published on August 28, just before the start of school year. The president's order touches on two issues: the state of learning and teaching the Russian language, voluntary study of the native and state languages ​​of the republics of the Russian Federation.

Tatar–almost foreign, although state-owned

There are no problems with teaching the Russian language in the republic, the Minister of Education said. In 2017, based on the results Unified State Exam 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 president’s instructions, the volume of Russian language study was brought to the recommended level. sample programs Oh.

– Starting from the second quarter of this academic year, parents of students in 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 as part of the school schedule independent subject“Russian as a state language, Russian as a native language,” the minister explained. – The total number of classes in Russian language and literature in the school schedule can reach 11 hours per week or 2 lessons per day. At the same time, today there are no exemplary programs or textbooks for Russian as a native language. Selection educational materials we lead ourselves. These will be combinations of courses in rhetoric, world fiction, culture and in-depth study Russian language and literature.

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

– Today, consultations with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation continue. For the transition phase, we proposed the following. Develop curriculum options for primary and basic general education, in which a mandatory part of the curriculum within the educational area is “mother tongue and native literature“It will be possible to choose and study your native language - Russian, Tatar, Chuvash, Mari, Udmurt, Mordovian, etc. for 2-3 hours. At the same time, the state Tatar language will be studied for 2 hours by all students. IN high school It is proposed to organize the study of Tatar as the state language on a voluntary basis. In the current situation, we believe that this approach could be a compromise solution that would allow bringing the volume of studying the Russian language to those recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, ensuring the choice of the native language at the request of parents within the approximate area of ​​“native language and native literature”, preserving the opportunity to study Tatar as the state language, ensuring the voluntariness of studying state Tatar language at the senior level,” said Fattakhov. – During a regular 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. Further, we consider it necessary to organize joint work to amend the federal educational standards with the mandatory participation of regional representatives in this work.

– In the 90s there was a transition to universal education Tatar language. This required attracting personnel, including through retraining of non-core specialists. At the same time, programs and textbooks were developed. By the beginning of the 90s, there was practically no experience in teaching the Tatar language in a foreign language classroom. There are two main problems in teaching the Tatar language. The first one is insufficient methodological preparation teachers for working in foreign language classrooms. We do not fully realize that we are entering a classroom of children for whom Tatar 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 concluded.

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

The new curriculum entails an increase in the workload for Russian language teachers. The total need for them is about 220 people. The same number of Tatar language teachers 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 their teaching load is reduced, their salaries 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 upon with specialists from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. This document has been submitted. Yesterday our minister met with Olga Yuryevna (Olga Vasilyeva, Minister of Education of Russia. – Ed.), there is confirmation. We have decided that not a single teacher will be fired. We will take all necessary measures to ensure a sufficient number of Russian language teachers; 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 a road map for each school. People should be calm, schools should be calm. There will be no illegal or unlawful 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 Tajikistan, laws and regulations, which are 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 our colleagues work with the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and after that we will report to parliament on the work done,” suggested Rustam Minnikhanov.

After this statement by the President, Farid Mukhametshin proposed abandoning the debate and postponing the discussion of the burning issue to the next session. They promised to announce its date later.

“We are, as always, in the vanguard”

After the meeting, journalists lined up around the chairman of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and National Affairs of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Razil Valeev, who were interested in what to do with schools where meetings had already been held and parents had chosen curricula, whether the already selected programs would have to be revised, whether Tatar would appear language in first grade?

– 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 between the ministers, then changes should be made to the Federal State Educational Standard Russian Federation, said Razil Valeev.

– Will this apply only to Tatarstan or to all republics? – asked the MK-Povolzhye correspondent.

- For all republics.

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

- Yes, you can think so. On October 24, I spoke about this at a meeting in Makhachkala, and there all the national republics supported Tatarstan’s proposals. They act too, not just us. For example, Yakutia is very active in this area, Chuvashia. But we are, as always, in the vanguard.

Speech by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Council on Interethnic Relations on July 20 in Yoshkar-Ola, at which he announced the inadmissibility of forced teaching of a non-native language in national republics and the reduction of hours in the Russian language, in Tatarstan they are trying in every possible way to disavow. This is done in two ways: they pretend that Putin’s words do not concern Tatarstan at all, but he is allegedly talking about some other region, or they simply deny the statement of the head of state.

The Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan behaved most demonstrably 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 (to clarify, according to local laws).

“In common people this 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 Russian-speaking residents of Tatarstan to the words of the Russian President was one - inspiration. However, says the leader of ORKT, if “A” was said, then “B” should follow, meaning that the words of the President of Russia should be followed by instructions and concrete actions to change the situation, since the problem in the language educational policy of Tatarstan is recognized as relevant . At the same time, Mikhail Shcheglov repeats: “The Tatar language should be developed and preserved, first of all, by its native speakers, and not by Russian-speaking residents of Tatarstan: the experiment of forced teaching of the Tatar language to Russian-speaking people in the republic has failed for a quarter of a century, it’s time to recognize this and accept it as a reality, refuse him".

Shcheglov is echoed by the head of the Center for Ethnocultural Education Strategy Federal Institute education development Olga Artemenko, observing the reaction in Tatarstan. In her commentary, she also said that it seems as if “they turned on the fool in Tatarstan” at Putin’s statement.” “I read a comment by 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 studying a non-native language and reducing the hours in the Russian language in the school schedule 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 in the first place, and Tatarstan even more than Bashkortostan.”

According to the specialist, in Bashkiria the situation is better - in the sense that local legislation does not indicate the obligation to study state language republic (Bashkir), and in Tatarstan learning Tatar is a duty. Therefore, in Ufa it is possible to challenge the practice of forced 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 required to study 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 obtain voluntary study through the courts.

Artemenko herself proposes to distinguish between the concepts of “state language of Russia”, “state language of the republic” and “native language”. “Minister Fattakhov, stating that in Tatarstan officials carry out federal standard teaching, 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 where Tatars are densely populated, Tatar should be studied as a native language, in places where Russians are densely populated, Russian should be studied as a native language, and in multi-ethnic regions, like Tatarstan or Bashkortostan, there should be a choice in learning the native language, which, alas, is not the case.” , - states 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 Tatarstan authorities agree to this, then no statements will come from Putin pointing to an ethnolinguistic problem in the national republics.

One way or another, 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 is the story surrounding the non-renewal of the agreement on the division of powers between Tatarstan and the federal center - approx. EADaily). All this is happening against the backdrop of the demonstrative silence of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who prefers not to speak out on this issue. Perhaps Minnikhanov understands that if he speaks out now, he will have to openly take one of the sides in this conflict, and this is fraught with either a loss of support from the Tatar nationalists (quite influential in the establishment of the republic), or, what is much more serious, a conflict with President of the Russian Federation. Perhaps that’s why Minnikhanov chose to go on vacation, leaving in his place the main “Russian” Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin.

Sergey Ignatiev

The promised week, during which Olga Vasilyeva must concede to Tatarstan, is expiring, the Minister of Education is waiting, and the department itself is switching attention to other issues

Today in Kazan a council under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on issues of education and science was held. It was dedicated, oddly enough, 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 RAS. The leadership of FANO 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 an answer, 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 under the President of Tatarstan on Education and Science 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 press. There weren’t enough chairs for everyone; the correspondents were forced to stand for an hour and a half.

The attention of the media, including federal ones, flattered the scientists, but the journalists did not gather for the sake of science. Everyone expected to hear news about the fate of the Tatar language from top officials - 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 with the mass of officials, or deliberately stayed, is unclear. He did not give a specific answer to reporters.

“Please comment on the information disseminated today that the federal center will not change its position regarding the voluntary nature of learning the Tatar language,” asked the Realnoe Vremya correspondent.

No, not yet. We’re waiting for now,” answered Engel Fattakhov.

Until what date are you waiting? - the Realnoe Vremya correspondent clarified.

“I don’t know,” the minister answered and walked towards the exit from the hall.

Will there be an answer this week? - the Realnoe Vremya journalist 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, quickly walking away from the journalists who were pursuing him until he disappeared into his office.

The answer should have been sent by Olga Vasilyeva. Photo by Alexander Korolkov (rg.ru)

Letter from Olga Vasilyeva to Engel Fattakhov: two days left

The answer, let us remind you, should have been sent by Olga Vasilyeva. At a meeting of the State Council of Tatarstan on November 8, Engel Fattakhov reported in a report to parliamentarians that at a meeting with the Moscow boss, he offered her some kind of compromise option, and stated that preliminary consent had been received and “next week we are expecting a corresponding letter from the ministry.” It was about a special curriculum for Tatarstan, which would provide two hours a week for everyone to study Tatar as the state language, and 2-3 hours within the “Native Language” subject for those who choose it as their native language.

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

The silence of the Tatarstan authorities, who never made public Vasilyeva’s response, gave rise to the assumption that there will be no answer after all - the Russian Ministry of Education does not intend to give in to Tatarstan and change the Federal State Educational Standards. As RBC reported today, citing 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.

Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin did not provide any clarity today. According to him, Putin’s order is now being carried out, and native languages ​​are being studied on a voluntary basis. “This is the rule for all national republics, there will be no exceptions for anyone. Representatives of all nations living in our republic voluntarily study their native languages ​​of their choice - 2-3 hours a week. This applies to Russians, Tatars, Chuvash, Mari, etc. And the statement of Dmitry Peskov, who confirmed this: “Yes, indeed,” is quite logical and does not contain 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 advice, which today faded in the background language problem, concerned the reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Seven Kazan research institutes merged into one organization called the Federal Research Center - this is the Institute of Organic and physical chemistry named after Arbuzov, Kazansky Institute of Physics and Technology named after Zavoisky, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute of Mechanics and Engineering and Research Center for Energy Problems. The Tatar Research Institute will be added to them Agriculture and Tatar Research Institute of Agrochemistry and Soil Science. Plus, the clinic of the KSC RAS ​​became part of the Federal Research Center. They promised to allocate more than 100 million rubles for the development of the new scientific center.

The calculation is made per researcher, for this center it is more than 100 million in the first year for development, and we will look further,” commented Irina Chugueva, head of the department for coordinating the activities of scientific centers of the Directorate for Coordination and Support of the Activities of Organizations in the Field of Science of the FANO of Russia.

The Kazan Federal Research Center was headed by Oleg Sinyashin, Chairman of the KSC RAS, Director of the Arbuzov Institute of Physical Chemistry. Rustam Minnikhanov was offered to head the board of trustees.

The center has serious potential, unique support from the regional leadership, and we are ready to look for funds, but it will be ineffective if there is no development. There will be no penetration into education if there is no interest in these ideas from production, and this 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.

The Kazan Federal Research Center was headed by Oleg Sinyashin. Photo kpfu.ru

Let us recall that previously “ Real time» published detailed material on the creation of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Arbuzov Institute of Physical Chemistry expected to receive about 1 billion rubles from the merger for several years for the re-equipment of instruments. Representatives of other institutes were more restrained in their wishes, having talked with colleagues from other regions who experienced a merger, they came to the conclusion that funding could be significantly less: “Well, not zero, probably, but it could be very small,” he commented Acting Zavoisky Institute Alexey Kalachev.

Daria Turtseva

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

The 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 was numerous cases of school exactions. Having sat 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 prohibited collecting money from parents for any needs: renovation of classrooms and schools, purchase of workbooks, etc. However, parents of schoolchildren continue to complain about extortion. As it turned out, some educational institutions have come up with the idea of ​​collecting funds 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 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 for improving training. So, in all 10th grades in 2018 year will pass English testing with a speaking section. Thus, according to him, the republic is preparing for the introduction of a mandatory Unified State Exam in foreign language.

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

Testing in 4th grade

A regional program for assessing the quality of education has been developed in Tatarstan. In addition to the Unified State Exam for 11th grade graduates and the Unified State Exam for 9th grade students, testing for children completing 4th grade began in Tatarstan in 2015. As Engel Fattakhov noted, it was introduced in order to regularly test students’ knowledge and avoid perception of the Unified State Exam as a psychological barrier.

Reduction of 10th and 11th grades

In 2015, Engel Fattakhov said that in order to improve USE scores, strong children with good academic performance should be admitted into the 10th grade, and C and D students should be sent to colleges and technical schools.

The schools did so, but parents were dissatisfied with the new methodology. Therefore, after inspections by the prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Tatarstan, a number of educational institutions either opened 10th grades or provided places for students in existing ones.

Let us note that the problem of senior classes remains. In 2017, parents of schoolchildren again contacted the supervisory agency with a request to help transfer their children to 10th grade.

Astronomy lessons

Since September 2017, astronomy has been taught in Kazan schools. The subject is studied by students in 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 a nationwide trend.

Introduction of professional standards for teachers

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

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