On October 10 the opening of the All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+ took place at the Chuvash State Pedagogical University named after I.Y. Yakovlev (ChSPU). This year the festival is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Periodic Law of Chemical Elements by D.I. Mendeleev.
Svetlana Ilyina, Vice-rector for Educational Work at the Pedagogical University, addressed the participants of the festival and emphasized that science and education in the modern world are inseparably connected, so it is impossible to live in the 21st century and be distant from scientific knowledge and technology.
Sergey Kudryashov, Minister of Education and Youth Policy of the Chuvash Republic, called every student to discover something new every day. In his speech, he noted that the ChSPU is a leading university for the training of teachers in the republic, and schools of the Chuvash Republic and beyond accord a warm welcome to modern, proactive, young graduates of the ChSPU.
Petr Lukin, Chairperson of the regional branch of the Russian Chemical Society named after D.I. Mendeleev, held a popular science lecture on “Development of chemical science and practice in the Chuvash Republic”.
On the same day, the Center for Collective Work of the ChSPU hosted a round table discussion “Problems and Prospects for the Development of Modern Science”, in the framework of which the chairpersons and members of the Student Research Society of the faculties discussed issues related to education and science together with the Vice-rector for Educational Work Svetlana Ilyina. Issues of employer-sponsored education at the university, reimbursement of publication costs, trips to scientific and practical conferences at the expense of the university, internship abroad, and employment after graduation were raised.

The ChSPU is planning to conduct more than 70 popular science events (conferences, demonstartion lectures, seminars, workshops, round tables, tours, exhibitions, contests, quizzes, concerts) in the framework of the IX All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+.