SPbPU at the Kyrgyz-Russian Education Forum

The J. Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek hosted the Kyrgyz-Russian Educational Forum. The Kyrgyz-Russian Education Forum was held at the J. Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek. The event was organized by Rossotrudnichestvo and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and the Administration of the President of Russia. Over 40 Russian and 34 Kyrgyz universities participated.

Russia allocates 700 quotas for Kyrgyz citizens to enroll in leading Russian universities, said Pavel Shevtsov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo. Today’s forum and exhibition will allow us to further understand what areas of training and specialties are most in demand among the youth of Kyrgyzstan.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was represented at the forum by Professor Pavel Romanov, Executive Secretary of the Coordination Council of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in the field of education «Engineering, Technology and Technical Sciences». He held a round table on «Engineering Education of the Future: Training for Digital Economy», spoke about the proposals of the Coordination Council of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the RF in the field of engineering, technology and technical sciences to create a nationally oriented model of engineering education, presented the development experience of the Advanced Engineering School «Digital Engineering», and also introduced the round table participants to the tasks and practices of strategic cooperation between SPbPU and B. N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University.

As a result of the round table, the Polytechnic University’s proposal to the draft decision of the forum was adopted: Cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan in the field of engineering education development is a priority task. The basis for cooperation is the existence of historically established common fundamental basis of engineering education: unity of all levels of educational space; quality physical and mathematical training in schools; fundamental and practice-oriented engineering education. A successful example of effective cooperation between Russian and Kyrgyz universities in the development of engineering education is the cooperation between Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and B. N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. The dissemination of this experience will significantly improve the quality and demand for engineering education in the short term.