AFTER talking to India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, in Sochi earlier this week, Vladimir Putin took him to one of his favourite places: the Sirius Centre for Gifted Education. “We discussed regional and international issues,” Mr Modi said. “But when we were talking about Sirius, he had a special look on his face.”
The centre offers intensive month-long courses to Russian students who demonstrate special talent in maths, science, sport or the arts. They live in a former four-star hotel and work in top-of-the-line laboratories in the former press centre built for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Elena Shmeleva, Sirius’s director, speaks proudly of its project-based learning and focus on new technologies. A full-time school will open in the autumn. The goal, Ms Shmeleva says, is to set an example for the whole country.
The project has had Mr Putin’s attention from the start; he is said to have come up with the idea, and even the...Continue reading
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