Quantorium (Roskvantorium) Network of children's technology parks

"Quantorium" is a network of children's technology parks in Russia.

• The mission: to promote the accelerated technical development of children and the realization of the scientific and technical potential of Russian youth by introducing effective education models available for replication in all regions of the country.
• Goal: creation and development of a system of modern innovative sites of intellectual development and leisure for children and adolescents in Russia (data for 2021).

"Quantorium" is a platform for free additional education, created to stimulate the interest of schoolchildren in innovations in a particular area in order to train highly qualified personnel. During the learning process, children invent and test new solutions developed using specialized software based on advanced innovative approaches in any field - information technology, robotics, biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, other disciplines.

History

2021: Founder

The founder of the Quantorium network of children's technology parks for 2021 is the Federal Center for Additional Education and Organization of Recreation and Health Improvement of Children.

2019: About 100 thousand children a year undergo training at "Quantoriums"

The Quantorium network of children's technology parks consists of 110 technology parks, but the state sets itself the goal of bringing their number to 245. This is stated in the presentation of the Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Marina Rakova, dedicated to the results of the implementation of the national project "Education"^[1].

About 100 thousand children a year are trained at Quantoriums, and more than 500 thousand children are covered by various activities of technology parks. 1850 employees of "Quantorium" in 2019 passed advanced training courses. Along with stationary technology parks, 15 mobile "Quantoriums" have been organized today, in which more than 15 thousand children were trained in 2019.

In addition, for rural areas, the state is today deploying a network of educational centers "Growth Points," which have already been created today 2049 in 50 regions. Over 3.5 months of the existence of the Growth Points network, more than 55 thousand children have been trained in them. About 11 thousand teachers were involved in the work of "Growth Points," and more than 2.5 thousand teachers of rural schools held educational sessions in the "Quantoriums" system.

Created 20 IT-cube centers designed to increase the knowledge of schoolchildren in the field of IT; more than 80 thousand children were trained in them.

On the basis of universities, additional education centers are being created for schoolchildren "House of Scientific Collaboration" (DNA). 15 such centers were created, in which about 6,000 children were trained in a year. It is planned to create 100 similar houses. The largest partners of the DNA creation program are Sber Tech, MIPT and the Federal Scientific Center named after Michurin.

An important integral part of the system of additional education is to become the state-launched marketplace of educational services and educational content, which today is used by about 2 million students.

In total, more than 780 billion rubles have been allocated for the Education national project, according to Marina Rakova.

2018: Agency for Strategic Initiatives, creation of a network of technology parks "Quantorium"

As of 2018, the Federal State Autonomous Institution "Fund for New Forms of Education Development" (ROSKVANTORIUM) oversees projects to create children's technology parks - Quantoriums.

As of November 2018, more than 50 such sites of various specializations are already operating in Russia in 37 cities, by the end of 2018 their total number should exceed 80.

By mid-2018, 51 Quantorium was opened in 37 regions of the Russian Federation, 47 thousand children study in them. By 2020, the number of technology parks is planned to be brought to 750.

"Quantoriums" work in 13 areas: microbiology and biotechnology, applied astronautics, promising vehicles, small unmanned aircraft (drones), small-scale innovative shipbuilding, mechatronics and applied programming, geoinformatics, programming and information protection, layout and design design, laser technologies, augmented and virtual reality, research of nanomaterials, neurotechnology and neuroscience.

The partners of Quantoriums are large corporations such as Rosatom, Gazprom, Lukoil, Kamaz and others.

2015: Approval of the project and launch of the creation of the Quantorium network

In 2015, Marina Rakova's project was approved by the organization's supervisory board. Since 2015, as part of the project, Rakova led the project office for the creation of children's technology parks "Quantorium."

To create educational programs, technologies and equipment used in Quantoriums, Marina Rakova formed a community of young scientists, representatives of technological startups, as well as heads of large industrial enterprises and state corporations.

2014: Marina Rakova sends a project to ASI to create a network of children's technology parks

In 2014, Marina Rakova sent to the Agency for Strategic Initiatives the project "New Model of Additional Education for Children," which provided for the creation of a network of children's technology parks.