The finals of the fifth WorldSkills Russia National Competition start in Krasnodar. Its opening ceremony will take place at the Expograd-Yug Exhibition and Congress Complex.
This year, the finals of the competition, which will end on May 19, will pass for 113 skills to identify the best young professionals among 1,200 competitors. Winners and medallists will join the extended national team of WorldSkills Russia, from among which the Russian participants will be selected for such international skills competitions as WorldSkills Abu-Dhabi 2017, WorldSkills Kazan 2019, as well as the EuroSkills 2018 in Budapest.
On May 16, the plenary session will be held within the business programme of the competition finals. Its participants, politicians and key education experts, will discuss the effectiveness of the personnel development system. The finals of the WorldSkills Russia National Competition is the most ambitious contest in Russia for professional skills in the WorldSkills standards among students of colleges and technical schools aged 16 to 22, as well as schoolchildren aged 10-17.