About 10000 students in Tatarstan qualify for the regional WorldSkills championship

On April 4, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the republic Timirkhan Alishev said that about 10000 people have qualified for the regional WorldSkills championship “Young Professionals”. As many as 454 contestants, including 100 representatives from other Russian regions, will take part in the competition to take place at the Kazan Fair on April 7-9.

The speaker noted that although the championship is local in terms of construction and number of participants it will commensurate with the national events Kazan hosted in recent years. The competition includes 56 occupations. “Their mastery will be assessed by 380 experts, including 73 from 17 Russian regions,” he explained.

Alishev went on to say that the qualification for the championship included two stages. The first stage was held inside colleges, with 283 championships taken place since October. The second one is a network stage held at specialized competence centres to select Tatarstan’s best specialists in various occupations. Twenty four championships were held in Tatarstan. “About 10000 students have tested their skills in the WorldSkills competition, with the best ones having been qualified for the regional stage,” he stressed.

He continued that the list of occupations includes six blocks such as construction, industry, IT, services, public transportation maintenance, art and design. “During the championship, juniors, or school pupils aged 10 to 17, will compete along with the main contestants,” he added.

According to the minister, to ensure independent assessment, 25 national WorldSkills occupation experts and six national JuniorSkills experts have been invited.

The winners of the regional championship will go for the district stage in 26 competences to be held in Saransk on April 13-16. Tatarstan will be represented in all 26 competences. The final stage of the championshipfinal will take place in the Moscow Region on May 23-27 May and will include 76 competences.

“Tatarstan plans to compete in 52 competences,”  Alishev concluded.