About 10 new specialties were opened in vocational education institutions of the Vitebsk region in 2010

August 10, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 10 new specialties have been opened in the vocational education institutions of the Vitebsk region in the 2010/2011 academic year. Ivan Shchurok, head of the education department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, informed a BELTA correspondent about this. Among the new specialties are poultry meat semi-finished product maker, elevator and trade and refrigeration equipment electromechanic, road worker and green construction worker, raw material storage and processing technologist, as well as other interesting qualifications. "Enrollment for each of these specialties is carried out strictly according to employer requests. This is a mandatory condition for their opening," Ivan Shchurok emphasized. In total, in the new academic year, 34 vocational education institutions in the Vitebsk region (8 colleges, 21 lyceums, and 5 vocational schools) will enroll about 6,000 students. Training will be conducted in 86 specialties, including 160 individual qualifications. The results of the admission campaign indicate that this year applicants showed the greatest interest in construction-related professions, as well as specialties related to product processing. -0-