Gasan Gasanbalaev, Deputy Director General for Social Development at the FEDC, said: "Based on the results of the competitive selection process, educational institutions in the Far East received 13 grants from the federal project 'Professionalism.' The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) demonstrated the highest results, with seven educational institutions receiving support. The new clusters are being created in close cooperation with employers and are focused on the talent needs of key sectors of the Far East economy—manufacturing, transportation, construction, IT, mining, services, and creative industries. This format allows for the training of specialists for specific production tasks and the rapid adaptation of the secondary vocational education system to economic demands."
He added that, based on the competition results, 53 SPO clusters will be operating in the Far East by 2027. Of these, 36 are already operational, four more will open on September 1, 2026, and another 13 in 2027.