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Filling the gap                            mentorship throughout the training process. Some
                                                                                      employers claim they are willing to pay scholarships
                                           Another step towards the improved personnel   to senior students in exchange for their commitment
                                        training  system  would  be  to  create  employer-host-  to join their workforce. Among employers who said
                                        ed engineering training centers (as we know them   they would be willing to host such training centers
                                        from the Soviet time). These centers will enable on-  are Arkhangelsk Fleet Repair and Maintenance Base,
                                        site training to harmoniously combine theoretical   Arctic Consulting Service, Krasnaya Kuznitsa, and
                                        courses and hands-on skills. They are a helpful tool   Arkhangelsk Commercial Sea Port.
                                        for assuring quality training, learner recruitment and   Along with training opportunities for new person-
                                                                                      nel, the employers agree to invest in the professional de-
                                           Некоторые компании готовы                  velopment of their existing staff. Vocational schools said
                                                                                      they would able to deliver the re-training programs tai-
                                           выплачивать стипендии                      lored to the needs of ports and shipyards. Should there
           SOZVEZDYE #37                   студентам выпускных курсов                 be need for individual learning paths or increased on-site
                                           в обмен на обязательство                   training, the schools would be ready to offer them, too.
                                                                                         “It is essential for us to give vocational education
            развитие                       дальнейшей работы в штате                  system a new impetus. The first thing to do is fill the
                                                                                      gap between the real economy needs and the curricu-
            development                    данного предприятия                        la,” emphasized Oleg Rusinov, Arkhangelsk Minister
                                           Some employers claim they are              of Education. “Employers’ role should not be under-
                                           willing to pay scholarships to senior      estimated in this process. Their involvement is key to
                                           students in exchange for their             enhancing the quality of practice-oriented training.
                                                                                      With adequately arranged training schemes, young
           48                              commitment to join their workforce         specialists will need less time to adjust when they en-
                                                                                      ter the workplace.”
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