An interregional round table at the North Caucasus Federal University discussed the substantive aspects of teaching the discipline "Fundamentals of Russian Statehood", bringing together experts from leading universities in the North Caucasus. This course was included in the list of required courses on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.

Since September 1, 2023, the Fundamentals of Russian Statehood discipline has been included for the implementation of bachelor's and specialist's degree programs in the first years, regardless of the fields of study and specialties of students. The course was recommended by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and included in the university curricula in accordance with the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The interregional round table "Russia as a state-civilization in the program documents of the strategic planning of the Russian Federation", organized by the NCFU Support and Methodological Center, was held under the federal project "We are together (Fostering a harmoniously developed personality)" of the national project "Youth and Children" within the framework of the project "DNA of Russia".

"Fundamentals of Russian Statehood" is not just another discipline in the schedule, but a subject that forms a student's holistic understanding of how our country works, on what principles it exists and where it is moving. And the idea of Russia as a civilizational state has been developing in official documents of the Russian Federation over the past decade, so it needs to be given priority in the implementation of this course," said Olesya Lyashenko, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Ethnology at the Humanities Institute, Director of the NCFU Support and Methodological Center.

At the round table, professors of the Department of Philosophy and Ethnology of the Humanitarian Institute, Professor Boris Aksyumov and Associate Professor Lyudmila Vshivtseva, presented an overview of a number of important strategic planning documents that reflect the trends towards the formation of Russian society as a civilizational community that emerged after 2012. In the analyzed documents, the speakers paid special attention to new trends affecting the problematic field of the discipline "Fundamentals of Russian Statehood".

The round table was attended by scientists from Makhachkala, Nalchik, Vladikavkaz, Magas, Grozny, Cherkessk, Karachayevsk and, of course, Stavropol.

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The Regional Educational and Methodological Center for the Inclusion of the Fundamentals of Russian Statehood module in Higher Education Programs of the North Caucasus Federal University was established in 2023 to assist in the development of the Fundamentals of Russian Statehood module, mechanisms for its implementation in the educational process and the implementation of relevant additional education programs.

For these purposes, NCFU also organized and conducted advanced training courses in the program of additional professional education "Methods of teaching the discipline Fundamentals of Russian Statehood" for teachers and specialists in educational work at universities in 2023. 308 people have been trained under this program.

In May of this year, according to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the NCFU Support and Methodological Center will conduct the second wave of teaching staff training under the program of additional professional education "Methods of teaching the discipline Fundamentals of Russian Statehood".