Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry ChernyshenkoMOSCOW, Jan 25 A shortage of IT specialists in Russia is planned closed by 2030, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. According to him, now the Russian Federation lacks up to 1 million IT specialists. Now the country is increasing the number of budget places in universities in IT specialties, the Digital Professions project has been launched, according to which you can get a 50% discount on training in programming and various IT areas, the Deputy Prime Minister noted, speaking at a meeting on socio-economic Development of the Russian Federation.»After completing their studies, 240,000 schoolchildren will go to study IT specialties at universities and more than 385,000 graduates trained in «digital departments» will enter the IT market,» Chernyshenko said. He specified that such measures will allow a total «to close this deficit in the horizon until 2030».
