Tatarstan to spend 5 billion rubles on SI through 2030 and introduce a school SI course from November

A region is allocating funds and introducing a school course.

According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the republic's head Rustam Minnikhanov told the plenary session of the Digital Days of Innopolis that 5 billion rubles will go to SI projects, training and scientific research through 2030. From November, schools in Tatarstan will pilot a subject, "Artificial Intelligence and Information Security", which becomes compulsory nationwide next school year. The republic's authorities propose making it a pilot region for federal SI projects in education and science.

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SI and information security course in Russian schools

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Oct 23 Kravtsov: 500 million rubles a year planned for textbooks on SI and information security for grades 5–11
Oct 22 Russia's Ministry of Education sets the scope of school courses on SI and information security: half an hour a week in grades 5–6 and one hour in grades 7–11
Oct 14 Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education: from 2027, every degree program at universities will include SI modules
Oct 9
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Oct 9 SI becomes a compulsory subject in Russia: in schools from September 1, 2027, in universities as separate modules
Oct 2 Kravtsov: the main challenge of SI in schools is preserving children's independent thinking; a course on SI and information security will start in the second quarter