Anti extremism lesson held at schools throughout Tatarstan

On the Day of Antiterrorism Solidarity a single lesson themed No To Extremism is held at schools in Tatarstan. Preparatory school No 17 in the Moscow district was not an exception, a lecture being held there for two groups of 9-year schoolchildren.
School’s headmistress, Alfia Galieva, told journalists September was an annual month of security, within which the students were reminded the rules of conduct in various emergency situations, including terror acts. Depending on the age, the form of the lesson varies from drawing competition to lectures to debates and conference.
Rishat Khabibullin, a 9-year student, said the students learned more new information every year. “Each time I learn more and more. The lesson has become more serious – we are growing up and we need to learn more about serious things. When they tell us about extremism and terrorism, we need to listen carefully, because in the future you could come to face it or have to tell your own children that it is bad and one should not do so,” he shared.
Teacher Mikhail Komissarov said children needed to be taught to live in the society without conflicts and be instilled a love for the homeland, other nations and religions.
“Lessons like this instil tolerance and ability to live in friendship despite difference of religion and nationality. It is the problem that needs to be solved, to counter extremism and terrorism. People who value the feelings of others will never commit terror acts,” Komissarov enhanced. It was difficult at the moment to fight the internet through which open calls for terrorism were spread, he added.
The Day of Antiextremism Solidarity is held in Russia, to commemorate the victims of the 2004 massacre in Beslan, North Ossetia, when Islamic separatist militants, led by Shamil Basayev, for three days held 1,100 people, 777 of them children, hostage at city's school No 1, and then murdered over 380 people.