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According to the authors of the idea, the more accredited specialists will work in public mining companies, the higher will be the capitalization level of and confidence in those from the part of the international community.

Botswana is the second-largest diamond producer in the world after Russia. Hence the country managed to build up one of the most successful economies on the African continent. Authorities are, however, concerned of its one-sidedness… Judging by the country’s standards, Leepile Mompati Keeme has a tiny family – his parents gave birth to ’only’ five children. While there are numerous universities and colleges in Botswana, only one of Leepile’s brothers graduated from a local university. The others went to study abroad, having chosen either China, South Africa or the US.

Turkmenistan is often compared to North Korea based on the level of the country’s isolation. There is very little information about the state, and its reliability is often hard to check. For instance, not a single COVID-19 case has been registered there, but rumours say petrol is shared freely among citizens. Leyla Aliyeva, a student at Saint-Petersburg Mining University, explains which stories are real and which are only imagination.

Most Russian educational institutions have bravely reported on a successful transition to online learning. However, reality turned out to be slightly less glowing than officials and heads of educational institutions imagined. Forpost-sz.ru decided to look into the problems that handicap efficient remote communication between teachers and students; whether or not will this format muscle out traditional lectures and classes after the pandemic, and who really has benefited from the forced flight into the digital space.

Before changing his life drastically and moving to St. Petersburg, Jerson Martínez Parry, a student from Columbia, graduated from the Educational Corporation Indoamericana (Corporación Educativa Indoamericana) and the Institute of Languages and Culture named after Leo Tolstoy (Instituto Cultural León Tolstoy).

Scientists and researchers from St. Petersburg are seeking an answer to the question - where do competent in digital transformation engineers come from?

Quin Anh Do lived the first 12 years of her life in Yaroslavl. Right away after returning to her historical homeland, the girl began to dream of going back to Russia. What is the reason?

The shortage of engineers is a global problem that has slowed down technological progress all over the world. There is a lack of high-qualified engineers in many countries - Russia, America, Australia, Canada, European countries. Low prestige of the profession and complexity of the educational system are, as cited by experts, the reasons why young people rarely choose an engineering career path.

Ujaval Roy came from colorful Mumbai to severe St. Petersburg almost five years ago. According to the young man, this step was due to the fact that in India, foreign education is valued much higher than local. And knowledge of the Russian language can help build a career in the oil and gas industry virtually anywhere in the world. At school age, the young man could not even imagine that he would live in Russia. But nowadays, he studies at Mining University, has a passion for sandwiches with baloney and thinks in Russian.

The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District is the main oil-producing region of Russia. In 2019, it provided 5% of world oil production, i.e., more than 236 million tons of black gold was extracted from its bowels. The total production of natural and associated petroleum gas amounted to 36.6 billion cubic meters. It is no surprise that this particular Subject of the Russian Federation was chosen as the venue for the third International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference named “The Oil Capital”. Its main site was set in Nizhnevartovsk.