The first IT-Cube Nizhny Novgorod will appear on the basis of School No. 186, the press service of the governor and the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region reports.
This is the center for educational children's education, which will help to accelerately master knowledge, skills and competencies in the field of information technology.
"We see, on the one hand, a greater need for new personnel from the IT industry, on the other, a growing interest in IT education from youth. This direction in the region we will develop and at the expense of other solutions, complementing and developing the national project activities, creating new growth points. IT is the industry that is capable of changing for the better environment around him. And this opportunity should be used, "said Gubernator Gleb Nikitin.The Nizhny Novgorod Radio Engineering College became the project operator in Nizhny Novgorod. At the moment, the readiness of the work is 60%. The site performs a finishing decoration of the room, mount the suspended ceilings and put the floor covering, also begins the purchase of equipment. It is known that the site will open on September 1, and every year up to 400 children will be able to study there.
"The opening of the third in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the first in Nizhny Novgorod" IT-Cuba "is an event, without exaggeration, wonderful. Our city is considered one of the IT capitals of Russia, therefore, educational spaces in which schoolchildren have the opportunity to gain strengthened competencies in the field of information technology, we are very necessary, "the Minister of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod region Olga Petrov said.Recall, the first in the Nizhny Novgorod region "IT-cube" with coverage of 400 children a year was created in Princess based on the Nizhny Novgorod State Engineering and Economic University in 2019. In 2020, activities on the creation and discovery of the second IT-Cuba were held on the basis of the Arzamas Technical School of Construction and Entrepreneurship, also with coverage of 400 children per year. Training in IT-Cubes is held for free. In just 2024, 4 more educational centers are planned to be opened in the region. The federal subsidy in the amount of 12 million rubles is allocated for each "IT-CUB". Regional co-financing is 4%.