Six educational organizations of the Tomsk region received grants for the opening of agricultural classes

The regional department for socio-economic development of the village conducted a competitive selection of educational organizations to provide grants to support career guidance projects in the field of agricultural production.
Subsidies up to 200 thousand rubles from the regional budget will be received by six organizations from the Tomsk, Molchanovsky, Pervomaisky and Aleksandrovsky districts.
Among the winners are the smallest participants in the career guidance competition, pupils of the kindergarten in the village of Bogashevo, Tomsk region. Under the Agrariki project, children will study in a digital measuring laboratory, have an internship at the peasant farm of Alexander Danchev, visit the production sites of Siberian Grain LLC and the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and Peat.
More than fifty students of the secondary school in the village of Kuyanovo, Pervomaisky district, will become participants in the project "Agroschool - a form of life." The children will learn the basics of the profession at the school site, at the Point of Growth Center for Natural Science, laboratories and equipped workshops, visit various thematic exhibitions and excursions.
The Kislovskaya school (Tomsk district) will hold an agricultural marathon "Agricultural heritage and cybervillage: traditions vs. future challenges" for students in grades 7-11. Children will listen to lectures of extracurricular courses, visit innovative enterprises.
Students of the 6th and 7th grades of the secondary school in the village of Aleksandrovskoye are planning to implement the project "Development of city farming in areas of extreme farming using hydroponics technology." A private mini-farm will be created for year-round cultivation of fresh herbs, vegetables, seedlings for the school flower garden.
The Oktyabrsky school of the Tomsk region won with the Dobrosey project, which provides for the cultivation of vegetables in greenhouses and their subsequent sale at the annual charity concert in favor of disabled children.
145 schoolchildren of the Narginskaya secondary school of the Molchanovsky district intend to implement the Prof-Agro-Rost project. They will master crop production and agricultural technology programs, visit leading enterprises and specialized educational institutions, and will also conduct design and research activities at the school site in greenhouses and hydroponic farms.
In total, thanks to state support, about 300 children have been trained in agricultural schools since the beginning of the year, and another 400 will join them by the end of the year.
Agricultural schools have been operating in the Tomsk region since 2014. During this time, about three thousand students from Kozhevnikovsky, Krivosheinsky, Molchanovsky, Tomsky, Chainsky, Shegarsky, Zyryansky, Bakcharsky, Pervomaisky and Asinovsky districts took part in career guidance projects.