IT Workforce Development (Federal Project)

2022

IT Education Development Center opened in Moscow on the basis of MIREA

In Moscow, on the basis of MIREA - Russian Technological University (RTU), an educational and scientific complex of import substitution, created for the training and retraining of IT specialists, began work. The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Elena Druzhinina, President of PJSC Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky and Rector of RTU MIREA Stanislav Kudzh. This was reported in the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia on October 04, 2022. Read more here.

Chernyshenko: More than 110 thousand students enrolled in "digital departments" of universities

On September 26, 2022, it became known about the enrollment of more than 110 thousand students in "digital departments" in Russian universities. In total, over 140 thousand applications were submitted, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

According to him, at the start of training at the "digital departments," students undergo the procedure for incoming monitoring of digital competencies. In three months, it is planned to conduct an interim assessment of the level of their formation. Read more here.

More than 80 thousand students can be enrolled in "digital departments" by the end of September

On September 6, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Science announced that more than 80 thousand students should be enrolled in "digital departments" by September 30, they will be able to start training in early October.

Students will be trained on programs that have been protected by industry work groups. More than 200 experts took part in their assessment - representatives of federal departments, top IT and industry companies, representatives of education and science.

Together with us, we Ministry of Education and Science of Russia have provided for a mechanism for preparing programs in universities that have been coordinated at working groups, and they have become much better, more focused industry on and ready for implementation at "digital departments," - said the deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Science. Nikolay Yatselenko

It is expected that by the end of 2025, more than 385 thousand people will complete their studies at the "digital departments," and by 2030 more than 900 thousand students.

The initial concept of the project was to obtain IT qualifications only on additional professional programs of the IT profile, now it is possible within the main educational program of higher education, implemented in two areas, one of which is the direction of the IT profile.

As part of the Priority 2030 program, a large-scale training project for the IT industry was launched in 2022. By engaging new IT experts in the development and discussion of new programs, we saw "live," competitive programs that should interest not only our students, but also employees of enterprises in the IT field. Universities, in turn, had the opportunity to receive feedback from experts and prepare a really popular product, - said Vitaly Grishkin, director of the Department for Coordination of Activities of Educational Organizations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

In total, the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Russia, together with ANO VO Innopolis University and ANO Digital Economy, considered 505 programs within the framework of the Digital Departments project. More than a hundred participating universities and candidate universities for participation in the Priority-2030 program took part in the defense. Universities have passed three stages of evaluating programs: primary, expert and industry, and now they are finalizing their programs in accordance with the recommendations received.

To implement the national program, a mechanism has been created that unites the efforts of the state, the business community and universities in order to train IT industry personnel, for which we are very grateful to the Ministry of Digital Science of Russia and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Previously, all programs of "digital departments" are protected at meetings of industry working groups, where they are presented directly by the heads of "digital departments." Before protecting the program, they undergo an examination and receive an assessment from experts from the Digital Economy ANO, "said Yulia Goryachkina, acting director of the Personnel for the Digital Economy direction of the Digital Economy ANO.

Also, to develop programs, Innopolis University, with the support of the expert community, developed a Matrix (model) of digital competencies in various areas of activity in the field of IT. In accordance with it, training will be carried out on the necessary competencies.

The Competence Matrix created by Innopolis University fully reflects the current need of the digital economy for qualified personnel, taking into account industry specifics. Teaching students on such a Matrix allows subsequently to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the student's education and see the real results of the project, "said Svetlana Sokolova, head of the Assesment Center of ANO VO Innopolis University.

150 programs from 65 universities approved for implementation at "digital departments" in Russia

Industry working groups approved more than 150 programs from 65 universities, taking into account the recommendations of leading IT and industry experts. The remaining 350 programmes will be considered at future meetings. The press service of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation announced this at the end of August 2022.

As noted in the department, after finalizing the program, they can be implemented at the "digital departments" within the framework of the fedproject "Development of the personnel potential of the IT industry" of the national program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation."

150 programs from 65 universities approved for implementation in "digital departments"

Five face-to-face and absentee meetings were held in the following industries:

• "Health care";
• "Information and Communication Technologies";
• "Manufacturing Industry";
• "Extractive Industries";
• "Information and Communication Technologies";
• "Energy Infrastructure";
• "Art and Culture";
• "Transport Infrastructure";
• "Financial Services."

According to the Ministry of Digital Science of the Russian Federation, experts recommended that educational teams expand the set of digital competencies, strengthen practical training, use network technologies and integrate the block in terms of import substitution and cybersecurity, as well as not be limited to a narrow circle of studying domestic or foreign software.

It is expected that by the end of 2025, over 385 thousand people will graduate from "digital departments." And by 2030, 1 million 135 thousand students will receive additional qualification in the IT profile. Students in the process of study will have to undergo a comprehensive assessment of the development of digital competencies. For this, an assembly center has been formed on the basis of the Innopolis University. Students will be offered tests and cases in accordance with the topic of their additional vocational training programs. The results will assess the level of formation of digital competencies of students after graduation at the "digital departments," the Cabinet of Ministers said.

To combat the shortage of personnel, the issue of paying for the second higher education in the field of IT from the budget is being considered

The Development Council digital economy Federation Council proposed to exclude the requirements for a degree and title, as well as publications to attract IT specialists to teach at universities. This became known on June 7, 2022. Including, they want to attract those who study under master's programs. The proposals were prepared following the meeting on the topic "- Scientificallyeducational politics and training in the digital era" economies chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak.

In addition, citizens want to provide the opportunity to receive a second higher education in the field of IT at the expense of the budget. To train IT personnel, it is also proposed to introduce programs at the magistracy, which can be studied online and provide budget places for them.

To quickly master the profession, it is proposed to increase the number of training hours in practice-oriented and mathematical educational disciplines in the first and second courses of IT specialist training. Non-core disciplines will be transferred to the last years of study.

The Council for the Development of the Digital Economy also wants to launch a campaign to popularize Russian software. In this regard, it is proposed to transfer the educational process to Russian software.

At the same time, Russia can develop mechanisms to support Russian developers whose software is used in the educational process. We are talking about reducing the price of the license or providing software for free. Among other things, a state bank for access of educational organizations to licenses and subscriptions to "cloud" resources can be created.

To monitor the situation with IT personnel in the market, it is proposed to create a public digital platform for career navigation in the IT sphere. With its help, it will be possible to track the need of the constituent entities of Russia for IT specialists. In particular, a state digital resource may appear for organizing the practice of students in order to quickly select internship places and electronic exchange of documents with the employer.

All initiatives are aimed at combating the acute shortage of personnel in the IT industry. So, in February and March 2022, 70 thousand left Russia. IT personnel. But their shortage was felt earlier - back in February 2021, representatives of the Ministry of Digital Science spoke about the shortage of 1 million IT personnel, and the same figure was heard at a meeting of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy at the end of April 2022^[1]

Dmitry Chernyshenko: "Digital departments" created in 115 Russian universities

"Digital departments" have been created at 115 Russian universities, as Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced on May 19, 2022. According to him, in the next academic year, training in 300 educational programs will be launched at these departments.

This, for example, is a developer of digital products, web applications, administration of domestic operating systems and many others. I note that the number of "digital departments" will expand. They will open at universities that will join the Priority-2030 program, "said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Dmitry Chernyshenko: "Digital departments" created in 115 Russian universities

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, each of the universities independently develops educational programs for additional professional retraining. Students will be able to master such professions as the development of digital products, web applications, the administration of domestic operating systems and many others.

According to government plans, by the end of 2025, over 385 thousand people will graduate from "digital departments." And by 2030, 1.135 million students will receive additional qualifications in the IT profile. Students in the process of study will have to undergo a comprehensive assessment of the development of digital competencies, the report says.

For this, an assembly center has been formed on the basis of the Innopolis University. Students will be offered tests and cases in accordance with the topic of their additional vocational training programs. The results will assess the level of formation of digital competencies of students after graduation at the "digital departments." "Digital departments" were launched within the framework of the federal project "Development of the personnel potential of the IT industry" (national program "Digital Economy").^[2]

Russian authorities have developed a plan to involve young Russians in the development and production of electronics

The Russian authorities have developed a plan to involve young Russians in the development and production of electronics. This became known on April 19, 2022. Its main task is to increase the number of personnel entering this sphere from 1000 to 9,000 people annually by 2030.

As of April 2022, there was a large shortage of personnel in this industry. As of April 2022, domestic universities graduate only 20 thousand specialized specialists a year, but only within 5% remain in the profession - the rest go to other industries in search of, among other things, higher income.

As a result, in the spring of 2022, within 300 thousand people worked in the Russian electronics development and production industry, moreover, there were almost no young specialists aged 20 to 29 among them - there were only 2% of them. The average age of half of 300 thousand people is approaching 50 years.

To increase the number of domestic specialists in the field of electronics, the authorities Russia are going to launch the federal project "Training personnel and scientific foundations for electronic." industries Its implementation will require considerable funds - 312 billion rubles will be allocated for it. The Deputy Prime Minister Iouri Borisov and Deputy Head will be appointed responsible for the implementation of the project. Ministry of Education and Science Aleksei Medvedev

The authorities want to spend hundreds of billions of rubles on ," which will affect schools, universities and jobs. Also, within the framework of the project, Russian universities and institutes will have to organize joint laboratories with existing enterprises and be sure to increase the target recruitment for specialized departments.

Also, universities will have to solve the problem of involving students in research and development work (R&D) and open at least 25 so-called "youth laboratories" annually. The list of measures to support young specialists will also include grants.

According to forecasts of the Russian authorities, all of these measures should increase the number of personnel in the field of electronics who decided to stay in the profession and not leave the country by about 60 thousand people by 2030. However, the students themselves in the field of electronics and microelectronics are not yet very willing to work at Russian enterprises in their profession. According to Kommersant, almost half (45%) of students of engineering and technical universities categorically do not want to work for domestic enterprises. Only 25% have a positive view of this prospect.

University graduates want to have a high salary at the start, but in fact they receive 40-60 thousand rubles at specialized enterprises, "he said.

Arseny Brykin added that the electronics industry is experiencing insufficiently fast salary growth, which prevents young specialists from being involved in new projects. According to him, against this background, personnel willingly flee to other areas and often begin to work for foreign companies capable of offering a higher salary. He also added that many foreign companies regularly offer their employees to move from Russia to another country. Similar cases became more frequent in the spring of 2022 after the start of a special operation^[3].

The opportunity for more than 80 thousand university students to study at the "digital departments"

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko spoke about plans to train IT personnel. The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the programs are aimed at schoolchildren, students and adults who want to get additional qualifications in the IT sphere. This became known on February 15, 2022.

The President has repeatedly noted that the training of professional personnel is a key factor in the development of the IT sphere. On his behalf, within the framework of the national project "Digital Economy of Russia" in the academic year 2021-2022, we will increase the number of budget-funded places in universities in IT specialties more than twice - from 80 thousand to 160.4 thousand. There is also active work on the creation of training modules aimed at increasing the digital competencies of Russians for children and adults. In 2022, the federal project "Development of the personnel potential of the IT industry" was launched on the basis of a strategic initiative approved by the Chairman of the Government, - said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Within the framework of this federal project "Development of the personnel potential of the IT industry" in 2022, more than 80 thousand university students will have the opportunity to study at "digital departments." The programs will help students form demanded digital competencies. In total, by 2024, 385 thousand students are planned to be admitted to the "digital departments." And about 100 thousand students in grades 8-11 will begin to study programming languages ​ ​ in free two-year courses. Training will be an addition to general education programs and will allow children to get the first skills and decide on the choice of a future profession. In 2021, the program started in 10 pilot regions. More than 31.5 thousand schoolchildren began training.

In 2022, within the framework of the Digital Professions project, 57.5 thousand people will receive additional education in the IT sphere with the support of the state. They will be compensated for half the cost of training. Graduates of the courses will be able to apply the knowledge gained in their work or completely change the field of activity and unleash their creative potential.

Teachers will also increase digital competencies. During the year, about 18 thousand teachers of higher and secondary vocational education will be trained at the Innopolis University. And the educational programs of universities themselves will be updated in accordance with the needs of the market. More than 40 professional standards will be revised with the participation of the expert community and organizations participating in the implementation of projects in the field of the digital economy.

Dmitry Chernyshenko added that there is a high need for IT specialists in Russia. In January 2021 alone, one of the most popular job search and recruitment portals published 86 thousand vacancies in this industry. They are among the highest earners on the market.

2021: Project Launch

In December 2021, it became known about the new federal project "Development of the personnel potential of the IT industry." More than 27 billion rubles are allocated for its implementation, Interfax reports with reference to the appendix to the law on the federal budget for 2022 and the planning period of 2023 and 2024, which is published in the electronic database of the State Duma.

According to the document, in 2022 4.8 billion rubles will be allocated for the development of IT personnel, in 2023 - already twice as much (just over 10 billion rubles) and in 2024 - more than 12 billion rubles. The bill was considered by the State Duma and approved Federation Council and sent to the president by December 7, 2021. Russia Vladimir Putin

Federal project "Development of IT industry human resources" launched in Russia

Igor Kuzora, head of the educational programs department at 1C, in a conversation with the agency, announced three main areas of the new federal project:

• working with schoolchildren, which will be engaged in the Competence Center for the Personnel of the Digital Economy at the University of 2035;
• development of digital departments in universities. By the end of 2021, such departments are already functioning in the format of additional education in participating universities of the Priority 2030 program;
• creation of a system for external assessment of students' education in digital departments.

The external assessment system assumes the ability to separately, independently at the entrance and intermediate control, assess the condition of students. And the final control is planned to be done with the participation of employers. This is something like a state exam, "Kuzora explained.

According to him, as a result of training in digital departments, students will receive a certificate of additional professional education along with a basic diploma. Students of non-IT referrals will receive a second qualification in the digital industry, and this specialty will be registered in the diploma.^[4]

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