On October 2, 2025, the Russian Federation celebrates the 85th anniversary of the secondary vocational education (SVE) system. Today, the SVE system plays a key role in training qualified personnel and ensuring the country's technological sovereignty. The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) are actively involved in the development of the SVE system, including the creation of modern workshops in colleges and technical schools.
On “SVE Day” in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), new training workshops, created with funds from the Unified Presidential Subsidy of the Russian Ministry of Eastern Development, were solemnly opened. The opening ceremony was attended by the Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolaev and the Director of the Department of Social Development of the Ministry of Eastern Development of Russia Grigory Smolyak.
New workshops have opened in technical schools and colleges in Yakutsk, Neryungri, Aldan, Sangar, Vilyuysk, and Olyokminsk in the following areas: "Car Repair and Maintenance," "Plumbing and Heating," "Geospatial Technologies," "Mining Equipment Repair," "Dentistry," "Correctional Pedagogy," "Control and Measuring Instrumentation and Automation," "Welding Technologies," "Electrical Installation," "Jewelry," and other in-demand areas.
In his welcoming speech, Aisen Nikolaev noted that today's vocational education system must meet the challenges of digitalization, artificial intelligence, and the transformation of the labor market, and that modern workshops are becoming a tool for training personnel for priority sectors of the economy.