"Give people the opportunity to study where they want." More than 600 people signed a demand to stop the harassment of a private Novosibirsk college where "important conversations don't happen."
On collective letters of support to the Novosibirsk prosecutor's office and the governor's office рассказал founder of Novocollege Sergey Chernyshov*.
According to him, we are talking about two open appeals. The first one is 250 Signatures students and their parents, who were outraged by attacks on the college by some public organizations.
"Demands are spreading to close our college due to allegedly poor teaching conditions and the promotion of 'incorrect' values," the letter states. "Such complaints are leading to inspections, which negatively impact the educational process."
According to Sergey Chernyshov According to NeMoskve, the college has already undergone two major inspections in the past month. Another one took place at the school affiliated with the college.
"Following the inspections, we were charged with violating three articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses. The trials will take place in July," Chernyshov clarified.
Novocollege students and their parents emphasize that they made a conscious choice in favor of this educational institution and want to decide for themselves where to study.
"This is a place where each of us is valued and heard, and where any constructive opinion is not suppressed," they note. "We are surprised that the reviewing bodies accept the opinions of those who have never even been to our college."
Others more than 350 signatures is contained under open appeal Teachers' Alliance, which emphasizes that Novocollege is one of the brightest educational institutions in Russia, where there are no important conversations, there is no propaganda about the SVO, and students do not march in formation.
"They want to punish the college for this active humanistic stance," the appeal states. "We are against educational institutions being persecuted on ideological grounds. Give people the opportunity to study where they want."
*By decision of the Ministry of Justice, Sergei Chernyshov has been declared a foreign agent.
Photo from Sergey Chernyshov's Facebook page
