2023 is declared the Year of Teacher and Mentor in Russia

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.

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What is the future of higher education in a post-pandemic world?

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.

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Forum of the directors of vocational educational organizations, The Republic of Bashkortostan

The agenda includes discussion of the new programme for secondary educational institutions “Professionality”, developed by the Ministry of Education of Russia and launched in 2022. According to the statistics, there are more than 3.6 thousand secondary educational institutions in our country. About 3.3 million students study there: more than 2 million – for free, using the budget funds. If in the early 2000s only 10-12% of 9th grade graduates entered colleges after school, today this figure reaches 60%. This is a huge resource that the country needs so much right now – young people who are preparing to master professional skills and enter adulthood. The new vocational training programme “Professionalism” is designed just for them. Its goal is to quickly and efficiently train young people in the skills needed by the market. In other words, to provide the country with working hands and middle-level personnel.

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Share your knowledge about the digitalization of administrative procedures in universities

IAU and Politecnico di Milano are conducting a survey of representatives of higher education institutions with the aim of:

– compare the pace of development of digital transformation in the administrative procedures carried out in universities before the pandemic with current rates;

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Digital training for educators from UNESCO and Microsoft

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.

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Meeting of the Republican Council for Secondary Vocational Education

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.

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