The Russian Education Ministry is developing a retraining program for adult specialists to be able to work in the innovative economy.
"We see that many young people have gone into science, in the innovative sector," Education Minister Andrei Fursenko said at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
"However, considering the current demographic situation, this is not enough... We have started to develop a program on retraining adult people so that they can work in the innovative economy," he said.
"This would mean new... interesting jobs," Fursenko went on, adding that the program should be developed and implemented across the whole country.
Putin ordered Fursenko to prepare the proposal and submit it to the government.
If approved, the retraining program would be a victory for the Kremlin-driven campaign to modernize Russia's educational system.
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti)
