In Kazan, with the support of "United Russia," the competition "Sky of the Future - for Children!" took place.

      27 kids aged 9 to 17 competed in managing unmanned aerial vehicles.

      Today, a city festival-competition for unmanned sports vehicles "Sky of the Future for Children" took place at Lyceum No. 35 – the educational center "Galaxy" in the Privolzhsky district. Students from Lyceums No. 35, 83, 95, 116, and 185, Schools No. 39, 64, 68, 100, and 136, Gymnasiums 6 and 179, the Kazan Aviation Institute's technical college, and the city center for children's technical creativity named after V. P. Chkalov participated in it.

      The participants were greeted by the Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Committee on Legality and Law Enforcement, Chairman of the Public Council of the party project "Safe Roads" Rinat Fazylov, Director of the Lyceum Elena Glukhareva, Deputy General Director of the Avanti Group Denis Volkov, and other guests.

      Rinat Fazylov noted that the "United Russia" party pays special attention to engineering education in its new people's program.

      "Technological leadership is a national goal for our country. Achieving this is difficult without qualified engineering, research, and scientific personnel. Therefore, with the support of the "United Russia" party, engineering classes, advanced engineering schools, "Growth Point" centers, quantum labs, and IT cubes are being opened across the country," Fazylov stated.

      He emphasized that Tatarstan is one of the leaders in scientific and technological development.

      "There are six advanced engineering schools operating in the republic, and two more are planned to be opened. The "United Russia" party understands that to cultivate qualified engineers, we need to encourage our kids from the school bench towards new engineering solutions and the choice of this profession," Rinat Fazylov shared, emphasizing that at the initiative of "United Russia," a new federal educational standard for secondary general education on engineering classes focusing on interdisciplinary activities, mastering modern equipment, and working with artificial intelligence has been adopted starting next year.

      The parliamentarian got acquainted with the work of the engineering classes of the lyceum, which were equipped with new equipment through state support programs, as well as with updated laboratories.

      Additional education teacher Alina Semenova reported that two classes were equipped at the lyceum under the federal program "Unmanned Aerial Systems."

      "Here we assemble not only constructors and quadcopters with the kids but also develop our own drones and models, participating in various competitions where we become winners," she added.

      At the Aerospace Education Center at Lyceum No. 35, schoolchildren and students from secondary vocational schools are engaged, reported its head Igor Grigoryev.

      "We make and launch rockets. Right now, for example, we are establishing radio communication with satellites and astronauts, but the main direction is satellite construction," he said.

      "Previously, the kids worked with expensive constructors developed by specialized enterprises. Now we have developed our own constructor. We have already made five of them, which we use for classes. It is quite budget-friendly, but its capabilities are greater," Igor Grigoryev shared.

      Fifth-grade student Danil Sobetov has been engaged at the Center since the beginning of last year.

      "Now I am going to work with a microcontroller programmed in C, C++ that performs certain actions with components connected to the board," he said.

      The boy is so passionate about his favorite activity that he plans to connect his future profession with space and already knows which university in the country he would like to attend.

      Ilya Krylatykh joined the model aircraft club during his primary school years. When the lyceum began training under the federal project "Unmanned Aerial Systems," he started mastering new technologies and assembling drones.

      "We have very good computers at the lyceum, everything is available to turn some dream or idea into reality and even test our most fantastic and daring ideas," he shared.

      Ilya is an active participant in various competitions. Last year, with the support of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, he visited the Baikonur Cosmodrome with other kids and witnessed the flight of test cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov.

      "I plan to dedicate myself entirely to unmanned aerial vehicles, to discover something new throughout my life, to become a first-class engineer, and to be the best in my field," Ilya Krylatykh shared.

      Radik Tuykin has spent his entire professional career assembling aircraft, piloting them, and now working with children. Together with the kids and teachers at the Center, they assembled a two-seat ultralight aircraft. They named it after the school – "Galaxy 35." The lyceum students cannot fly it due to age restrictions, so they are currently honing their piloting skills on special simulators.

      "Older kids have the opportunity to join an aeroclub, fly real gliders and airplanes. Many later enroll in flight schools for both military aviation and civil aviation. Many come into aviation as engineers and other personnel," the teacher reported.

      The early career guidance, development of the mentoring system, and increase in the number of engineering schools were discussed at the forum "There is a Result!" held in Nizhny Novgorod.

      Participants of the round table "Engineers of the Future: Personnel for Technological Sovereignty" proposed creating a unified effective system so that every child in the country has the opportunity to become acquainted with technologies early on.

      The first initiative involves introducing early career guidance: including specialized blocks dedicated to modern technologies – robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, unmanned systems – into the school curriculum.

      They also proposed implementing a seamless model "School – Technical School – University – Enterprise." Here, attracting businesses to educational projects is crucial.

      Denis Volkov, Deputy General Director for Development of the Avanti Group, reported that Russian manufacturers are interested in kids who have chosen engineering as their professional direction.

      "We have already launched a competitive format in several disciplines based on unmanned systems. With the support of "United Russia," we held the final in Tatarstan. We are now launching an educational project in Kazan, within which we will create engineering profile classes in 12 schools, initially in two age groups – in the fifth and seventh grades," he clarified, adding that besides engineering, students will be taught the basics of economics and industrial design.

      "The educational project anticipates enrollment in secondary vocational schools in our city after the 9th grade and in universities, in the technical departments of Kazan University," Denis Volkov said.

      Let us remind you that the people's program of "United Russia" includes several provisions aimed at developing engineering schools: transitioning to a modern industry model for training skilled workers; modernizing engineering education in the country; increasing the support for initiatives of young researchers, expanding the grant system for young researchers and graduate students. The party has achieved the inclusion of funding for these provisions in the federal budget. "United Russia" also promotes the "Professionalism" project – 500 educational clusters have already been created, with the support of the party, 50 advanced engineering schools have appeared, over 450 quantum labs and more than 300 IT cubes have been opened, and about 20,000 "Growth Point" centers are operational. By the order of the President of the Russian Federation and the people's program of "United Russia," 50 more advanced engineering schools will be created by 2030, bringing the total number to 100. The party has ensured the opening of more than 5,600 engineering classes in schools, where 111,000 children study. By 2030, within the framework of the people's program of "United Russia," 1,000 youth laboratories will be built.

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