440 students will be trained as counselors to work in the summer in children's camps in the Crimea

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In the Republic of Crimea on the basis of the Crimean Federal University. IN AND. Vernadsky, the solemn opening of the program of vocational training of students in the professions of workers and positions of employees necessary for the implementation of labor activities as part of student teams took place.

As part of the event, vocational training for the preparation of counselors was launched for Crimean students, the training for which will be completed at the end of May. 440 students of the Republic of Crimea will be trained, of which 290 students will study at the V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Simferopol and Yalta, and 150 students will study at the Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University. The implementation of this program will reduce the acute shortage of seasonal staff in children’s health improvement on the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

The guests of honor at the event were the head of the department of additional education and vocational guidance of the Crimean Federal University. IN AND. Vernadsky Svetlana Khrapunova, Head of the Academy of Vocational Training of the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University named after Fevzi Yakubov Naile Abibulaeva, Head of the Crimean Regional Branch of the Russian Student Teams Vladimir Kaidansky.

Participants of our program will gain knowledge, skills and abilities, pass a qualifying exam and in a solemn atmosphere receive a certificate of the profession of a worker and the position of an employee. Based on it, they will be able to find a job and be the main staff of children’s health camps as counselors.— said Svetlana Khrapunova, Head of the Department of Additional Education and Career Guidance of KFU.

After the grand opening, a conference was held, where the participants of the program were introduced to the teachers, told about the terms and stages of training. Everyone was able to ask a question of interest and determine a further work plan.

Future counselors will learn the basics of pedagogy and psychology when communicating with school-age children. Classes are taught by highly qualified teachers of educational organizations in the second shift. Based on the results of certification, students will receive a certificate of professional training with the assignment of the appropriate qualification.

In the Republic of Crimea, the task now is to train qualified personnel for children’s health institutions focused on working with Crimean children, as well as with children from the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. To date, student pedagogical teams of the Republic of Crimea could close up to 30% of the required number of counselors in the Crimean children’s camps, but thanks to the vocational training program, we can increase this number to 40-50%. Taking into account the fact that the remaining number in the teaching staff is closed by organizing teaching practice, attracting counselors from other regions of the Russian Federation, the shortage of counselors will be minimized— says the head of the Crimean regional branch of the Russian Student Detachments Vladimir Kaidansky.

Information sheet: Vocational training is carried out by educational institutions — winners selection among educational organizations for the provision of grants for free training of members of student groups in working professions and professions of employees. The competitive selection was carried out by the youth all-Russian public organization «Russian Student Teams» (RSO) together with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Training is conducted on the basis of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 09, 2021 No. 876 “On approval of the Rules for granting a grant in the form of a subsidy from the federal budget for financial support for the implementation of measures to provide grants for training in basic vocational training programs on a free basis for participants in student groups by profession workers, positions of employees necessary for the implementation of labor activities as part of such detachments.

Information and photos provided by the press service of the International Public Organization «Russian Student Teams»