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The authorities of the Sakhalin region are seeking to raise the prestige of working professionals
Lack of technical expertise in the region hinders the development of the economy. The authorities are trying to become the link between employers and professional educational institutions.
Today the island school graduates face the challenge: they need to sort out the great variety of educational institutions field professions. The task difficult, because the training of professionals in the region is conducted on 150 occupations and professions.
The questions "the Russian newspaper" Head of the Department of Education is responsible Sakhalin region Yevgeny Safonov.
Russian Newspaper | Yevgeny, is no secret that the region now feels a definite shortage of working hands. Managers and lawyers a lot, but, for example, builders lacked. Save whether this imbalance in the future?
Yevgeny Safonov | professional education has been and remains popular among the population field. For example, admission to institutions of vocational education in 2007 amounted to 12.5 thousand people. At places to confront budgetary and correspondence form of training was enrolled 5.4 thousand people. Of those in primary vocational education institutions (NGOs)
-- 2.1 thousand people, ssuzy -2.5 thousands of people in universities - 800.
It was important today to target training to the requests of the labour market. Therefore, we are trying to retain the primary vocational education sectoral structure of educational institutions. First of all, this is expressed in the prevalence of job placement and training specialists for the production economy.
Basically same universities have maintained previous profession and specialty. And among them are still dominated by humanitarian.
WP | No area is now needed technology rather than humanities.
Safonov | Indeed, the problem of technical training is very important. We are trying to raise the prestige faded once workshops and technical occupations, conducting relevant work with the educational field. Helping them to open new technical specialties.
In the current academic year succeeded in reducing the imbalance between the list of specialities primary vocational education and the needs of the labour market area. There are four new profession: the driver in open mining, installer sanitation, ventilation systems and equipment mechanic for test equipment and automation, businessman in trade.
In one of the Sakhalin state university branches opened two technical specialties: "Industrial and civil engineering" and "electricity".
But the situation with training in the vocational education system in the area remains quite tense. Employers are seriously concerned about the growing shortage of skilled workers and specialists and staff appreciate this fact as one of the major problems the regional economy.
WP | Fears employers understand: the development of technology should not be on the ground in science happens a breakthrough after another.
Aphonia C | Of course, keep up with rapidly developing manufacturing technologies and in this rapidly upgrade or modernize educational facilities educational institutions quite difficult. This will require a lot of resources and time. But that does not mean that schools inactive. Every year for the purchase of educational technology, equipment, books and manuals educational institutions spend a great deal of money.
WP | zvonochkom disturbing for young people has been some reduction in the number of educational institutions island of budget places. Is now receive free education will become more difficult?
Safonov | In universities actually decreased the number of seats at the expense of budgetary economic specialties. This is a natural phenomenon. Specialists this profile, prepared enough.
Free places at universities account for 30 per cent of the area. This is explained by the fact that on Sakhalin operates only one public university. It seats about 600 budget. Also, six subsidiaries Sakhalin headaches public universities annually emit about 120 seats budget.
However, the admission of budgetary places and carried out in institutions of primary and secondary vocational education, and the number of such places, in my view, sufficient - only to 4.5 thousand. This figure has remained stable the past 5 years.
WP | Supporters of paid education argue that today only with its help you can get high-quality knowledge. You share their position?
Safonov | In my opinion, the difference is only in the personal cost of funds for training.
If we talk about the content of learning, it should be noted that public and private educational institutions implement a unified state educational standards for professions and occupations.
Regarding the quality of training, then, in my opinion, the most appropriate to consider such indicators as the number of graduates receiving diplomas with honors. For example, over the past three years in the field of vocational education institutions, a growing number of graduates with a red diploma. This shows the improvement of the quality of training.
We are interested in the 100 - the percentage of graduates finding employment, and most importantly - on the specialty. Therefore, one of the main directions of our work - the interaction with the sectoral ministries and associations of employers.