The President met with children selected for enrollment to the Sevastopol Academy of Choreography, and the Academy’s rector, ballet dancer Sergei Polunin.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Talent and Success Foundation Board of Trustees.

Vladimir Putin toured the new School training facility finished in March 2019. The centre is equipped with cutting-edge technologies and is designed for teaching engineering, mathematics, chemistry and biology.

The President approved a set of instructions for state support of persons who have shown outstanding abilities and entered master’s degree programmes.

At Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Vladimir Putin met with undergraduate and graduate students. The President also toured an exhibition of the university’s innovative developments.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 8^th International Youth Industrial Forum Engineers of the Future 2019 held in Orenburg Region.

Vladimir Putin attended a reception in honour of graduates of higher military educational institutions.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of artificial intelligence technologies. It took place during a visit to School 21, established by Sberbank as an educational organization to train IT specialists.

Vladimir Putin endorsed a list of instructions on popularising geography.

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief visited the St Petersburg Suvorov Military Academy of the Russian Defence Ministry. Vladimir Putin learned more about the cadets’ curriculum, as well as their living conditions and how they spend their free time.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with the winners of the Leaders of Russia national management competition, the final stage of which took place in Sochi on March 17.

Vladimir Putin received UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay in the Kremlin to discuss prospects for cooperation between Russia and UNESCO.

Magomedsalam Magomedov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Academy of Education, attended a general meeting of the Russian Academy of Education members.

Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had a meeting at the Sirius Education Centre, where they discussed the prospects of developing bilateral cooperation in culture, education and sports.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, who updated the President on the socioeconomic development of the region, primarily the implementation of national projects and the creation of education clusters.

Vladimir Putin attended the Breakthrough Directions open lesson held as part of the ProyeKTOriya national career guidance forum.