From September 8 to September 12, 2022, the national team of the Republic of Bashkortostan took part in the finals of the X National Championship “Young Professionals” – 2022, during which the teams demonstrated their skills up to modern standards using high-tech equipment in the following competencies: “Mobile robotics”, “Documentation support management and archiving”, “Pharmaceutics”, “Video production”, “CAD engineering design”. “Corporate protection against internal threats to information security”, “Industrial design”, “3D Modelling in computer games”.

The corresponding decree was signed on June 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Year of the Teacher and Mentor is held in order to recognize the special status of the profession representatives.

According to the document, within three months the Government of the Russian Federation was instructed to create the organizing committee and approve its members, as well as develop a plan for the main events of the themed year.

During the two years of the pandemic, universities around the world have been experimenting with different ways of teaching and learning in an environment that has had to rely – in an unprecedented way – on digital technologies.

However, this was rather a forced measure due to the restrictions associated with the pandemic – the closure of educational institutions, physical distancing, etc. It has certainly accelerated digital transformation and the use of digital tools for teaching and learning.

On February 28 and March 1, a digital training for teachers was organized on a joint initiative of UNESCO and Microsoft. The training is aimed at vocational education teachers of colleges and universities specializing in business, technology, engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence.

On February 18, 2022, the Head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov held the first meeting of the Republican Council for Secondary Vocational Education. It was attended by deputies of the State Duma of Russia, members of the Government of the Republic, directors of colleges in the region, representatives of the UNEVOC Centre in the Russian Federation based in BIST.