Ministries of the Republic of TatarstanMinistry of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan
The role of robotics in modern education discussed at Kazan IT park
5 March 2014, Wednesday
A seminar “Development of robotics within the framework of Federal State Education Standard, additional educational programmes” was held at Kazan IT park on March 5. Educational workers from different Tatarstan regions took part in the seminar. Urgent issues of robotics, development of youth and children’s creative and inventive skills were discussed at the event.
Opening the seminar, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov noted importance of robotics for development of pupils’ skills, and different level of educational process. He also expressed hope that this area will be developing in Tatarstan, and Innopolis will play an important role.
Deputy Director General, Director of production comemrical centre of OAO “ICL-KPO VS” Evgeny Stepanov, and Director of “LEGO educational solutions” in Russia, Ukraine, and CIS Olga Lombas delivered speeches at the event.
Presentation “educational solutions LEGOEducation as a complex product for solving daily educational tasks” was presented later on.
Speaking at the weekly meeting at Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization, Head of the management of Tatarstan Post Ilnur Makhmutov said that in 2025, employees of the federal postal service management "Tatarstan Post" delivered 55 million letters and 16 million newspapers.
About 2,000 students of the Institute of Information Technology and Intelligent Systems (IITS) at Kazan Federal University (KFU) received scholarships for studies in “Software Engineering” with a focus on “Modern Software Development.” Annually, more than 22.6 million roubles are allocated from the regional budget for this purpose under the “Personnel for the Digital Economy” regional project.
To date, Yandex delivery robots began operating in the Novo-Savinovsky and Sovetsky districts of Kazan. On December 2025, robot delivery was firstly introduced in the Vakhitovsky district of the city.
The implementation of robot delivery is aimed at making everyday life more comfortable for residents through the use of advanced technology. Users will be able to track the movement of the courier robot on a map directly within the app, ensuring transparency and convenience. Since robots do not require breaks or rest periods, delivery services will operate reliably around the clock.
Mobile Telecommunication Systems Company reported on its activities in Tatarstan for the year 2025 during a weekly meeting at Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization.
Director of the MTS branch in Tatarstan Marat Kabanov outlined key areas of work in 2025 and the achieved results.