The President of the Republic of Tatarstan: «Alabuga Polytech» is a unique and very ambitious project that really shows very high results. There is simply no such thing in the country»

26.05.2022

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan highly appreciated the work of the educational center of Industry 4.0 «Alabuga Polytech» and supported the holding of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad based on the business simulation «Business Cats» at the federal level.

According to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan: «Alabuga Polytech» is a unique and very ambitious project that really shows very high results. There is simply no such thing in the country. It is very much in demand, we have discussed this with KAMAZ and petrochemicals».

Recall that in May, the first regional Olympiad ended, where 3.5 thousand children from different regions of the Republic took part. The final of the Presidential Olympiad was held in Alabuga, where the students were able to feel like the director of a real company. And the winners received a large monetary reward and the opportunity to enroll in the best educational college of the country for the training of working specialties «Alabuga Polytech» with a capacity of 10 thousand people annually.

The winners will be able to realize themselves in the largest center for the training of working specialties «Alabuga Polytech» with a capacity of 10 thousand students annually – to receive the most relevant specialty, a high scholarship, free housing, job security and the opportunity to study under the guidance of real engineers from the world's leading factories on modern equipment.

«The Olympiad allows you to teach entrepreneurial skills to children from a young age. Firstly, passing through the online platform makes it possible to do this without the participation of teachers, because they are not everywhere. Secondly, it allows schoolchildren to compete in a playful way. Thirdly, when this product will work all over the country, we will be able to involve the best of them from all over the country to participate in «Alabuga Polytech» to become tech entrepreneurs. We have 17 trillion rubles of imports, and it is necessary to raise students who will create new businesses and take away these imports», said Timur Shagivaleev, CEO of SEZ «Alabuga».

Business simulation «Business Cats» allows you to identify at an early age the entrepreneurial abilities of candidates with the highest level of analytics, communication, and command skills. This is an effective and objective method of identifying talents, regardless of the grades in the certificate — on the one hand, it is an exciting game, and on the other hand, it is a good way to develop entrepreneurial abilities.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov supported the holding of a unique Olympiad on entrepreneurship at the federal level. Now every student of grades 9-11 will be able to prove himself in the Olympiad on the basis of a unique business simulation «Business Cats» and enter the largest center for the training of working specialties «Alabuga Polytech» without exams.

How it was, you can see here: https://youtu.be/m6danjzst3w