The New Era School in Tulun Becomes the Coordination Centre of the All-Russian Step into the Future Programme
New Era School in Tulun, built by Rosneft under the instructions of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, became the coordination centre of All-Russian scientific and social programme for youth schoolchildren called «Step into the Future». In the new academic year, the school will host a local research-to-practice conference, during which students of the Irkutsk region will present research projects. New Era School also opens the «Champions League» sports club.
The location for the coordination centre of the All-Russian programme was chosen because of the high level of technical equipment in the school and the qualifications of the teaching staff.
Technical equipment of the school allowed it to become a unique multifunctional educational complex. Modern equipment makes it possible to organize the learning process at a high level. At the end of the first academic year, graduates of the school went to the leading universities and colleges of the country.
On September 1, 2021, the school opened its doors to 1,252 students, including 130 first-graders. The school covering the area of almost 23 square metres consists of five buildings. There are 67 classrooms. Buildings are organised as separate junior, middle, and high schools with different entrance rooms and wardrobes. A navigation system has been developed that allows to easily navigate in school space. It includes color, wall and floor elements.
The school has six computer science classrooms, a class of robotics for children, a design studio, a publishing centre, a TV studio, an engineering class, a language laboratory and a museum with an educational exposition. Physics, chemistry, and biology classrooms are equipped with laboratory complexes, natural science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and geography classrooms - with digital laboratories.
The «Champions League» sports club will help to involve students in extracurricular activities in general education programs of different sports such as swimming, basketball, volleyball, soccer and aerobics. The goal of this club is to participate in President’s games and various competitions, as well as to develop leadership qualities in children.
Wide technical opportunities also contribute to the professional development of teachers. In particular, they participate in the nationwide competition of grant projects called «Transparent educational trajectories».
Note for Editors:
On the instructions of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rosneft built and fully equipped New Era School in Tulun (Irkutsk region), which suffered from a severe flood in 2019, in a record time of 300 days.
To fulfil the presidential instructions, more than a thousand builders worked daily at the construction site in difficult climatic conditions at low temperatures. The work was carried out almost around the clock.
The construction was supervised by the Angarsk Petrochemical Company, Rosneft’s largest oil refinery in Eastern Siberia.
The school got its name that symbolizes a new stage in the development of education in Tulun.
Rosneft
Information Division
September 1, 2021