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Students from France visited the Youth Forum "iVolga-2015"

22 June 2015

On June 19, the delegation of the Russian-French project of vocational education "Volga - Val d'Oise" visited the Youth Forum "iVolga-2015", held at the Mastryukovskie lakes park from 17 to 24 June.

It should be noted that the Youth Forum of the Volga Federal District "iVolga" is organized in the Samara region for the third time, and the number of participants of the event exceeded 2,000. At the same time, an own project is a precondition of participation.

Students and teachers of GARAC National Automobile School (France) visited the key sites of the Youth Forum, came by the press center and shared their impressions on Volga-Val d'Oise project in the interview with Channel Forum.

The delegation of foreign students, studying the car aftersales at the Togliatti engineering college were surprised by the number of interesting projects presented at the forum by young people from different cities of the Volga region. French students appreciated the ideas and projects in the automotive industry, showed by students of Russian schools and universities on the scientific and technical exhibition site of the Forum.

It is worth reminding that GARAC National Automobile School of Argenteuil is a French private school, operating under contract with the government. The school specializes in training of automotive and mechanical engineers. 1200 students study there, with a staff of 110 teachers. In training of future specialists, a lot of curriculum time is devoted to French and English studies. In addition to technical training, the management and marketing course is established.

Since signing in 2012 of the agreement on apprenticeship of GARAC students, Togliatti Engineering College receives delegation of students from France every year. This year, as part of an international educational project, signing of the Cooperation Agreement is planned between the Ministry of Education of the Samara region and the Academy of Versailles.