On February 7, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed a decree to establish Tatarstan Presidential Council for Education and Science.

The Council aims at promoting the development of science and education, as well as improving the public management in this sphere, the decree says.

The document also approved the regulations on the Board of Education and Science and its composition.

The Presidential Decree № 105 "On the Council under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for Education and Science" comes into force on the date of its signing.