On October 21, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science Andrey Pominov said that “Algarysh” grants were awarded to 222 people this year. He told that the grant programme was launched in 2006, and since then grants have been awarded to 3137 people.

Andrey Pominov also told about main changes in the programme that took place this year. In particular, the “Partner programme” was replaced by “Young specialists”. Also, there is a new programme “Double diplomas” that implies realization of educational programmes in cooperation with one or a few foreign universities.

The interactive database system “Algarysh” was developed and implemented in testing mode. The system aims to automatically collect, process and keep information about participants of “Algarysh” grant programme to monitor and control fulfillment of obligations by participants and creation of database about professional achievements of the graduates.

The speaker also told about the programme “Global education” aimed at preservation and enhancement of scientific, teaching, medical, engineering, and management personnel in social sphere, support of Russian citizens, who entered top foreign educational organizations on their own and their further employment.

All candidates are required to work in Russia for at least three years.

Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science is working on returning candidates, who did not come back to Tatarstan after graduation. 23 statements of claim have been filed to courts. Judgments have been passed by 6 cases for the sum of 3 million 850 thousand roubles.