Technological leadership is defined by presidential decree as one of the national development goals of the country. The strategy has been approved and priorities have been identified. Why education is of fundamental importance in this regard, what initiatives are offered by industrialists, as well as what else, in the opinion of business, it is important to pay attention to in order to achieve technological sovereignty. This was stated in an interview with Viktor Klochai, Vice President of the RSPP, Chairman of the RSPP Co-council in the Volga Federal District, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ruspolimet JSC.
- Viktor Vladimirovich, the previous time we talked about the impact of high rates on the development opportunities of the industry. Now we would like to touch upon the issues of education that do not leave the sphere of attention of industrialists.
- The implementation of the strategy of scientific and technological development was discussed in August at the District Council under the chairmanship of the plenipotentiary in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov. All regions have prepared very good programs. It would seem that industrialists need to talk about production, and I'm talking about education.
The development of industry should be based on innovative approaches. And what is innovation? This is the creative thinking of people with a good education who are able to think outside the box, analyze, reason, and understand tasks and problems. Only with such specialists it is possible to make a technologically advanced, competitive enterprise. Otherwise it is impossible. Therefore, education is one of the key factors.
And here, some things are happening in the exact opposite direction. For example, by order of the Ministry, some professions in metallurgy and a certain part of mechanical engineering were canceled. One name is technologist (we are talking about the order of the Ministry of Education and Science dated 02/01/2022 No. 89 on new lists of specialties, enlarged groups of training areas have been introduced – ed.).
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