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Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Education and Science, State unitary enterprise “Center of information technologies” and OAO AK BARS Bank are launching the project “Pupil’s card” in Nizhnekamsk and Naberezhnye Chelny.

Nikolay Nikiforov informed that by results of the programme 12 technoparks have opened, 10 of them are already working, and the other two in Moscow and Sverdlovsk region are about to open. The total area of premises makes 411 thousand square metres.

Ivan Pokhodyaev has been appointed head of ZAO “NSS”. He has worked in communications industry for 10 years and has held senior positions in Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, and Smolensk. Since 2012 he was regional managing director of Tver branch of Tele2.

A shareholders meeting of SEZ “Innopolis” chaired by first deputy minister of information and communications Yuri Bagrov was held on March 31. The decision about early termination of the powers of existing members of the Board was made. New 8 members were selected.

Innopolis University achieved certain results in implementing programmes of pre-university education in robotics at Tatarstan schools. 3,350 pupils of 5-11 forms passed the training, more than 100 teachers took up professional development training under STEM-robotics programme. In June Innopolis University held a Russian round of World Robotics Olympiad with participation of 720 children from 42 Russian regions.

The project “School card” will be officially launched in Nizhnekamsk and Naberezhnye Chelny on April 1. 96 schoolswill be equipped with access control systems developed by a Tatarstan company, and terminals for topping up cards. Electronic state services and PayPass service will also be available on the terminals.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications will support “Earth Hour” campaign organized by WWF again this year. On March 28, from 20.30 to 21.30 all organizations subordinate to the ministry will switch off emergency lighting at administrative buildings and appliances that are not connected with life support and safety assurance of employees.

Regional contest “IT-champion-2015” started on March 18. 3,188 pupils have already joined the contest. Pupils show citizens how to use the portal of state and municipal services of the Republic of Tatarstan. Adults save pupils’ logins from the system “Electronic education in the Republic of Tatarstan”. Pupils get scores for payments made by adults on the portal.

Mass enrollment of children in preschool educational organizations for 2015-2016 academic year via the automated information system “Electronic kindergarten” will start on April 1 in Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny.

A meeting of employees of Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Health, developers of the system “Electronic health care” and medical workers was held at City hospital №7.