Today, the Volga State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism held a solemn ceremony of signing a quadripartite agreement on cooperation in the development of student sports in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The document was signed by the rector of the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture, President of the Russian Student Sports Union Sergey Seiranov and the Rector of Kazan Federal University, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Universities of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilshat Gafurov. In addition to the RSSC and the Council of Rectors of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan also became parties to the agreement.
The ceremony of signing the agreement was also attended by the rectors of 14 universities of physical culture, who visited the Volga Region University of Sports in connection with the XXIV All-Russian Festival of Universities of Physical Culture. Addressing them Sergey Seyranov said:
- I am grateful to Ilshat Rafkatovich for finding an opportunity to sign this agreement here, where students of Kazan Federal University live in the Universiade Village. Because today, not all students who have passed various stages of training in institutions that implement federal training standards have decided to enroll in a sports university. All of them have a rich sports experience behind them, but they choose other specialties. And it is very important for us not to lose them during this period of socialization and growing up. It is important for us to drag them and those who come to universities without having a sporting past to gyms and stadiums. I have no doubt that the Republic of Tatarstan provides support to student sports and not only without an agreement. But the agreement fixed on paper will be valid, and when other leaders come to our place.
Ilshat Gafurov noted the importance of real implementation of the agreement by its participants:
"I am pleased to welcome everyone to this beautiful hall. Significant events related to the revival of sports and the holding of the World University Games took place here. And we know what happened next: all the sports facilities, as a legacy of the Universiade, were transferred to the sports university created on the basis of the Naberezhnye Chelny branch and other educational institutions of Kazan... Everything related to sports, we can not translate into figures, because it is related to the state of health. We have created a student sports club, which involves more than 5 thousand people, and we will continue to expand this area of work. The signing of the agreement should not remain formalized, but it is filled with a meaningful part.
