VIII Eastern Economic Forum discussed Professionalitet Federal Project
Forum
participants discussed the project and noted that the Russian Far East economy
demand in qualified personnel is growing. Working professions have become a
conscious choice of younger generation more and more often, guaranteeing a
successful career start. Today, Professionalitet is transforming education in
colleges and vocational schools, involving business in personnel training. Participants
in the discussion emphasized the necessity of balancing the system of secondary
vocational education and employers’ requests, updating educational programs and
establishing a dialogue between business and educational institutions of the
Far Eastern Federal District.
By
now, 17 educational and production clusters have been created in the Far East in
frames of Professionalitet project. Each
cluster received 100 million rubles for development. Today there are 49 companies-participants
in the project, partners of Far East and Arctic Development
Corporation, representing major industries of the macro-region, such as
mechanical engineering (including aircraft and shipbuilding), agriculture,
railway transport, mining, and construction. The idea of Professionalitet is to
reboot the entire system of specialized professional education. The key task is
to provide a prompt training of specialists with the skills in high demand.
This will make it possible to build a new industry-specific model of personnel
training in line with the demands of the labor market, ensure employment of
graduates and, as a result, drive the regional economies. Let me remind you
that today there are 17 clusters. The RF President’s list of instructions, the
follow-up of the EEF 2022, reads that 29 such clusters should be established in
the Far Eastern Federal District by 2025. We are working to reach this goal.»
Hasan Hasanbalaev
Executive Director for Social Development, Far East and Arctic Development Corporation.
In
2022, GORA together with Kamchatka Polytechnical Vocational School were the
first in Russia to launch training of mining specialties as part of Professionalitet
Project in Kamchatka Krai.
In
the coming years, Kamchatka Polytechnical Vocational School plans to train at
least 200 skilled workers and mid-level specialists under Professionalitet
project ordered by GORA.
GORA allocated 100 million RUR
to co-finance Professionalitet in
2022-2024, additional 100 million RUR were received from the federal budget and
30 million RUR from Kamchatka Krai budget. The money was used to purchase
modern training equipment, as well as to repair and re-equip classrooms and
workshops.
GORA has allocated 100 million
rubles for co-financing of «Professionalite» in the period from 2022
to 2024, with another 100 million rubles received from the federal budget and
30 million rubles from the budget of Kamchatka Krai. The funds were used to
update the curriculum, purchase modern training techniques and equipment, as
well as repair and re-equipment of classrooms and workshops.