Kaliningrad
Municipal Educational Institution Secondary School No. 1 ("School of the Future"), Department of Zoology, Physiology and Human Hygiene
Elena Komarova was a university lecturer and our contact person at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University in Ukraine. With her help, the Department of Zoology, Physiology and Human Hygiene successfully transitioned to animal-free teaching methods in 2016. In 2018, she moved with her family to Kaliningrad, Russia, and immediately began advocating for humane, animal-free teaching methods at her new institution, the Municipal Educational Institution Secondary School No. 1 (“School of the Future”).
The “School of the Future” is a unique institution where students from various social backgrounds are educated. The school is technically well-equipped, follows modern pedagogical concepts, and is 100% humane towards people, animals, and nature. Principal Alexey Golbitsky emphasized that the school does not use any animals at all.
Nevertheless, we decided to sign an agreement with the school and provide it with hardware and software. This is intended to reward and emphasize the deliberately animal-free approach, and above all, serve as a role model for other institutions.
In December 2019, our project partner Dimitrij Leporskij visited Kaliningrad. He gave a lecture to students interested in medical and biological sciences and presented Principal Alexey Golbitsky with a projector, a laptop, and a large number of zoology and physiology discs. The project was carried out in cooperation with InterNICHE.
Municipal Educational Institution Secondary School No. 1 ("School of the Future"), Kaliningrad, Russia.
Dimitrij Leporskij giving a lecture in Kaliningrad.
Principal Alexey Golbitsky and Dimitrij Leporskij with the signed agreement.