On February 27, 2018, the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Youth Policy of the regional parliament held a round table on the topic "On the preparation of applicants in the Omsk region for natural sciences and engineering specialties" .
Event
took place at JSC "ONIIP". In addition to the deputies, it was attended by
Legislative Assembly representatives of the Ministry of Education of Omsk
region, Department of Education of the Omsk City Administration, higher education
establishments and business managers.
Having visited
museum exhibition of ONIIP, the event participants gathered at the plenary
meeting. "When planning the round table, we wanted
raise the question of preparing school students - future applicants, according to
such a subject as physics, but in the end they decided that it was necessary to discuss
training of future applicants in general for engineering, technical and natural sciences
specialty, - noted the chairman
Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Youth Policy of the Regional
parliament Vladimir Polovinko, outlining the issues of the “round
table." – The goal is to provide high-quality training for applicants in our region.
The topic, of course, is broad: we can talk about career guidance, the outflow of graduates to
other cities, employment, quality of jobs, but today I would like to dwell specifically on the preparation of future applicants for technical specialties."
Then there were
reports were presented covering various aspects of the issue of preparing applicants
for natural sciences and engineering specialties. It was about accepting
measures to improve the quality of education in general education organizations, about
training of students in general education organizations of the city of Omsk for
subjects of natural science and physical and mathematical profiles, about
provision of necessary resources, about the main directions, problems and
prospects for training teaching staff in natural sciences and
physics and mathematics profiles at Omsk State Pedagogical University. Was
information was also made public about the quality of preparation of applicants in subjects
natural science and physical and mathematical profiles. And using the example of JSC
"ONIIP" and JSC "Ompo "Irtysh" the audience learned about
system of personnel training "school-enterprise-university".
In reports
The participants of the round table heard information, in particular, about
that according to monitoring data organized by the Ministry of Education
Omsk region, in 2017 the number of Omsk schoolchildren who chose
for further training in a technical specialty, as in
institutions of secondary vocational education and universities. Important
motivational component in choosing engineering education are children's
associations, technical circles.
Since 2014 in the Omsk region in
A pilot project is being implemented in the regional education system
"Technopark", which in 2017 received priority status
regional project "Available additional education for Omsk
children. Center for the development of creativity of children and youth "Technopark". All
greater attention to the preparation of students in educational organizations, their
professional orientation towards natural sciences, engineering and technology
specialties are provided by professional educational organizations, as well as
higher education organizations. Moreover, on the basis of leading Omsk universities
There are centers for further education that provide close
interaction with enterprises of the region in organizing a unified interactive career guidance
spaces for students and their parents.
Noting
positive results of the events, those present identified a number of pressing issues that should be addressed in order to improve the quality
preparing future applicants. They talked about the need to raise the level
qualifications of teachers and in general about the problem of personnel in schools, as well as the state
material and technical base of educational institutions; on further popularization
teacher profession; about the weak motivation of schoolchildren to enter universities for engineering degrees
specialties. The problems of reducing budget places were touched upon, including in
postgraduate studies, training for the development of the digital economy and artificial technologies
intelligence, development of science.
During the discussion
pressing issues, representatives of universities and enterprises made many proposals. IN
in particular, on the creation of physics and mathematics boarding schools at universities, the expansion
practices of patronage of universities and enterprises over schools, development of educational complexes
on the basis of several schools, on strengthening work in targeted areas, further
work on career guidance, on intensifying interaction between universities and enterprises with centers
SB RAS in Omsk.
In conclusion
meeting Vladimir Polovinko thanked those gathered for the meaningful and
frank conversation and asked the event participants to send their proposals to the committee for preparation
recommendations of the round table.