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In the article we investigate regional features of realization of the strategy of national policy in the sphere of education. On the example of the Novosibirsk region, we consider the mechanisms of harmonization of the ethno-confessional relations among the student youth. The author analyzes positive tendencies and negative effects of administrative-command regulation in the sphere of interethnic and inter-confessional relations among the youth. The sociological data confirm strengthening of religiousness among youth. It is shown that introduction and expansion of the course «Foundations of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics» can lead to complication of the interfaith relations in the future. Heads of schools note that administrative requirements of obligatory registration of migrants’ children and their parents transfer the activity of establishments from the educational-upbringing plane to the plane of controlling functions, and promote isolation of separate schools on the basis of ethnicity. The compulsory character of obligatory participation in the mass actions directed to fostering patriotism leads to strengthening of mistrust towards these actions and psychological estrangement of their participants. In conclusion, author notes that in Novosibirsk a rich positive experience has been accumulated on strengthening and harmonization of the interethnic relations among the youth. While introducing new approaches in the realization of ethno-cultural ad ethno-confessional policy, it is necessary to positively stimulate the creative potential of teachers and pupils, taking into account their needs. Strengthening of formalism and bureaucracy is especially dangerous in this sphere and may promote development of negative tendencies.