Pre-vocational classes help Crimean schoolchildren make an informed choice of profession

Pre-vocational education is a new model of career guidance in schools. In cooperation with employers, specialized pre-professional classes are opened in schools. For many years she has been helping high school students in Crimea gain knowledge about their future profession and consciously determine the path of their development while still at school. The main directions of classes are pedagogical, engineering, medical, agricultural, entrepreneurial, military. Today, every third school in Crimea implements pre-vocational education projectsnoted the Deputy Prime Minister.

In the 2024/2025 academic year, 331 vocational classes operate in schools across the republic. More than 5 thousand high school students study there. Thus, “psychological and pedagogical classes” have been opened — 103 classes with more than one and a half thousand students. In these classes, children become familiar with the basics of the teaching profession and undergo teaching practice.

46 “engineering classes” were created, covering 817 students. In this area, teenagers study mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, drawing and programming in depth. For students who plan to become medical professionals, there are 37 “medical classes” with 567 students. 52 “agricultural classes” have been opened. There, 547 schoolchildren study modern agricultural technologies and agricultural machinery. There are 25 “media classes” (434 students), 35 “entrepreneurial classes” (622 students).

Since 2020, the network of “Kurchatov classes” has been expanding. This is a new format of pre-vocational education, where students study genetic and nature-like technologies and conduct research under the guidance of scientists. In the new academic year, the network of “Kurchatov classes” amounts to 116 units (3,005 students in grades 5-9) in 32 schools.