Sergei Chernyshov resigned from Novocollege management due to his status as a foreign agent

Sergei Chernyshov, a Novosibirsk figure recognized as a foreign agent, the founder of Novocollege and Novoshkola, resigned from all administrative positions in educational institutions due to his status as a foreign agent. He announced this on the page “In contact with”.

“As of this week, I have left all administrative positions at Novokollezh and Novoshkol, and I also cease to be the founder of these excellent educational institutions. They come under the operational control of existing employees,” wrote Sergey Chernyshov.

“This is due to this plate and the status, which is actually discriminatory for work in Russian education. And also in order to protect the organizations and staff of the college and school,” he added.

Sergei Chernyshov was recognized as a foreign agent on May 27 of this year. The materials of the Ministry of Justice say that Chernyshov disseminated false information about the decisions taken by the authorities, gave interviews to foreign media, and also opposed the military operation in Ukraine.

In mid-January, Sergei Chernyshov reported that Novocollege was complained about to the regional commissioner for children’s rights, accusing him of “anti-patriotic conversations” and “inculcating the values ​​of pacifism in your child.” According to the founder of the college, the complaint came after he told the story “The Ugly Duckling” at an open house, in which he compared New College to a white swan that a duckling turned into, and the rest of the education system to a barnyard.

Because of this, according to Sergei Chernyshov, Novocollege and himself were asked to check for “anti-Russian anti-state propaganda and the imposition of liberal values ​​on students and applicants.” “We have a lot of people for whom “liberal values” is a curse word. For me, no, I’m not ashamed that we are promoting them,” he said.

In June 2022, Mr. Chernyshov resigned from the post of director of the Novosibirsk City Open College due to his refusal to conduct “educational work” with students detained at anti-war actions. After that, he and his team created a new legal entity, received a license and began enrolling students at Novocollege.

Anastasia Larina