“For the fifth year this competition has been held. Last year, for example, there was a video contest, this year a drawing contest. In this competition, the theme of peace, goodness, and tolerance is laid, ”the representative of the RIA Novosti quoted as saying.
Moreover, according to her, participation in the competition is voluntary.
“Until the age of 14, parents agree to participate in this contest. If the parent does not consider it necessary for his child to participate, please, no one is forcing anyone, ”the department said.
They also noted that there had been no complaints from parents regarding this competition, which was initiated by the Tyumen Department of Life Safety and aims to “create respect for children of other nationalities and religious denominations in children.”
Earlier media reported that the parents of Tyumen school No. 67 expressed surprise after their eight-year-old children were instructed to draw leaflets on anti-extremist and anti-terrorism topics.
In May, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, proposed introducing a specialist in school social media analysis at schools.