Al-Nukhbah Modern Elite School in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated the Russian Language Day, a date established by the school’s administration exactly one year ago, on the day of the signing of the agreement on cooperation in the field of study of the Russian language between Kuban State University and Al-Nukhbah Modern Elite School. The agreement was signed during the visit of the Kuban State University delegation headed by the Rector, Mikhail Borisovich Astapov, to Al-Nukhbah in May this year. It was one of the first visits of Russian higher education representatives to Saudi Arabia.
In the current school year, more than 170 pupils at Al-Nukhbah are studying Russian. The school administration notes that the opportunity to study Russian at the same level as other foreign languages has become a competitive advantage for Al-Nukhbah. The agreement created conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation in organising the study of Russian at Al-Nukhbah by involving teachers, graduates and postgraduates of the KubSU Faculty of Philology in the educational process. For the university it is an opportunity to attract foreign students and promote Russian education abroad. In accordance with the agreement, KubSU provides the school with staff and supports the course with methodological recommendations. The university also provides the school with Russian language textbooks and other teaching materials.
In response to M.B. Astapov’s video congratulations, the Al-Nukhba administration sent a message to their KubSU colleagues:
«On behalf of Al-Nukhbah School, we congratulate everyone who writes, knows, loves, speaks, and maybe even just heard the Russian language! Congratulations to all our colleagues at Kuban State University!
A year ago the Russian language was born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are looking forward to the future connected with the Russian language in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are sure that many good things await us. We are sure that the language is not only an instrument of mutual understanding between people, but also an instrument of mutual understanding between civilisations and the heritage of each of our two countries.
HAPPY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DAY IN SAUDI ARABIA!”