Issues of training specialists for agriculture will be discussed at a seminar in Vitebsk

April 20, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Issues of improving the quality of training specialists for agriculture will be discussed at a republican seminar, which will be held on April 22 at the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine (VSAVM). This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the head of the scientific department of the Vitebsk university, Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor Alexander Subbotin. Rectors of universities, directors of secondary specialized educational institutions of an agrarian profile, and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food will take part in the event. The specialists' attention will focus on the issues of introducing innovative educational technologies into the educational process, problems of integrating higher and secondary vocational education, and the creation of a unified information space to ensure educational, scientific, and innovative activities. The seminar will also feature an exchange of experience between educational institutions on the creation and implementation of effective educational programs and teaching technologies. Specialists will familiarize themselves with the educational and material base of the Vitebsk academy, as well as its experience in training practice-oriented specialists. In addition, participants of the seminar will visit a number of leading agricultural enterprises in the region to study the organization of work of the VSAVM departments' branches and educational and production complexes created by the veterinary academy. During the seminar, a presentation of the development prospects of the zooveterinary association "Agrarian Education, Science and Production", established at the Vitebsk Veterinary Academy in 2006, will take place. The association unites 12 universities and secondary vocational schools in the country. The organizers of the seminar are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honor State Academy of Veterinary Medicine. -0-