Early career guidance is the key to personnel training: Artem Korolev reported to the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation on the implementati

Artem Korolev, Director of the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, told Sergey Tsivilev, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, and the participants of the Russian Engineering School seminar about early career guidance for schoolchildren and a systematic approach to training personnel for the energy sector. 

The fuel and energy complex, Russia's most high–tech industry that ensures the country's technological sovereignty, is experiencing a shortage of personnel, said Artem Korolev. To overcome it and raise a worthy generation of highly qualified specialists, the Energy Classes project is being implemented in Russia. It is an early career guidance system where schoolchildren not only study physics, mathematics and applied sciences in depth, but also solve real engineering problems, get acquainted with the technological processes of companies and choose a learning path. 

Today, 41 fuel and energy companies are involved in the project and 843 classes have been created, in which more than 20 thousand schoolchildren study, the speaker added.: "Energy classes combine career guidance activities, in-depth study of specialized subjects and familiarization with corporate culture. We hope that the project will allow the students to achieve better results on the Unified State Exam, and then help them adapt faster to production and build a successful career in the industry." 

According to the director of the foundation, the initiative has already begun to have a positive impact: in recent years, the average EXAM score for low-cost places in engineering and technical specialties has increased by 3-4 points. In addition, the number of students choosing advanced study of mathematics, physics and chemistry is growing.

Artem Korolev also gave an example of projects of companies that implement successful training models. To fulfill the priority task of training 300,000 engineers by 2030, it is necessary to coordinate the efforts of all employers under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and create a unified industry management model, he stressed.

To scale successful practices, it was proposed to create an "Institute of Mentors of the Russian Engineering School." "Mentors from among the fuel and energy sector employees, teachers and winners of engineering competitions will ensure the motivation of students and a strong connection with the industry. It is also planned to introduce a unified IT platform, develop a library of methodological materials and expand the network of Energy Classes at the expense of the federal circuit.", – said Artem Korolev. 

The event was also attended by representatives of industry companies, specialized universities and organizations.