Creation of railway transport clusters within the framework of the federal project “Professionalitet”

In 2021, the implementation of the federal project “Professionalitet” began. The project was developed as part of the Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Federation until 2030 and is aimed at a comprehensive reboot of the system of secondary vocational education by reducing the duration of training and modernizing the infrastructure of colleges and technical schools.
Railway transport has become one of the eight sectors of the economy that participate in the implementation of the federal project “Professionalitet”. Industry-specific educational and production centers (clusters) in the 2022–2023 academic year are planned to be opened in nine railway educational organizations of secondary vocational education and will accept about 770 students for training. Approbation of a new model of personnel training for railway transport will be carried out in four specialties, and training programs involve a more intensive educational process and work experience, which will reduce the training time and provide students with in-demand working professions.
The effective interaction of Russian Railways with railway clusters will ensure the main goal of the federal project “Professionalitet” — ensuring a comprehensive restructuring of the secondary vocational education system through experimental programs with reduced training periods and modernization of the material and technical base of educational institutions.