The Russian Ministry of Education announced plans on November 12 to connect education and the labor market through digital platforms, aiming to help students move directly into professional careers.
The initiative was discussed during an expert session titled “Seamless Transition from Education to Career: How Platforms Change Interaction with the Labor Market” at the National Center “Russia”. The event focused on synchronizing personnel training with current economic demands and developing continuous professional trajectories.
Opening the discussion, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Koludarova outlined the key priorities of the agency in aligning training programs with labor market demands. She said that the country has established foundations for a continuous career path, uniting a unified guidance model, practical projects like “Professionalitet,” and a digital educational infrastructure.
“Our key task is to ensure the continuity of all stages of education, to create conditions for conscious professional choice and the fullest realization of the potential of each citizen.”
According to Koludarova, the state acts as the guarantor of information security, educational quality, and the protection of citizens’ interests.
The "Ticket to the Future" career guidance model currently covers more than 8.5 million school students and involves over 14,000 enterprises across the country.
“For us, it is fundamentally important that career guidance takes into account the real needs of the economy of each region.”
Esin stated.
Specialists with secondary vocational education (SPO) account for 66% of this projected demand.
Sergey Kozhevnikov, rector of the institute, explained how platform solutions address these demands.
“Technologies change the content of the profession, so a welder today and a welder in three years are different professions.”
The expert session also featured contributions from Alexander Vilinin, deputy head of the Presidential Expert Department; Denis Kravchenko, deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma; Maria Komara, deputy general director of HeadHunter; and Pavel Tikhonov, director for government relations at Avito Work. Alexander Tarabrin, head of the Prosveshchenie group of companies, moderated the discussion.
The discussions concluded that uniting the state, the educational system, and the business sector on shared digital platforms will increase the transparency and efficiency of placing young specialists into active roles within the economy.
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