Published on: 2026-10-03
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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In Moscow, the winners of the first award for employees of secondary vocational education (SVE) organizations were announced. The award went to the best teachers, mentors, and staff of the capital’s colleges.
“Behind every student stands an educator — and we are proud that teachers, mentors, and college staff are also actively involved in the project’s life. Our goal is for both the student and their mentor to know: Moscow is a city where talent is noticed, supported, and helped to turn into the profession of their dreams,” said Margarita Savinkina, project leader. Youth of Moscow“.
The organizers of the award are the project “Youth of Moscow” urban Committee on Public Relations and Youth Policy and Moscow Center for the Development of Vocational Education.
The award ceremony became part of the celebration of the Day of Secondary Vocational Education, and the award itself became part of a systematic program working with colleges. Within this framework, intellectual games, sports competitions, debates, and meetings with heroes are held for students, and professional skills contests are organized for staff. You can learn more about all this on the unified portal “Youth of Moscow”.
Establish dialogue
An important milestone in establishing communication between the student community and college representatives was the creation of the professional association “Club of Heads of SPO”. Its participants discuss joint developments and plan development strategies. The club includes directors and deputy directors for educational work and youth policy.
In 2025, on the initiative of the “Youth of Moscow” project, the Moscow Student Council of Colleges was created — a unified student self-government body bringing together leaders of student councils from capital city secondary vocational education organizations. Today, it includes representatives from 64 colleges in Moscow.
All students can participate in the “Moscow Student Spring” contest, the “Victory Waltz” campaign, the open meetings “Dialogues with Heroes”, sports training sessions, master classes for developing practical skills, the Intellectual Games Cup for colleges, and other events organized by the “Youth of Moscow” project.
Teachers, vocational training instructors, curators, methodologists, specialists in career guidance, internships, and employment are invited to participate in the professional skills competition “Moscow Masters.” Now the work of the best college staff is recognized with a special award.
Unite students
Svetlana Sazonova, a young educator-organizer at the College of Informatics and Programming of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, became the laureate of the award in the category “Guide to the Profession.” In 2025, she participated in the development and conduct of the educational forum “Fishka: steer and develop” among representatives of colleges. She was responsible for drafting the program, collecting applications from educational institutions, negotiating with experts and speakers, supporting participants at all stages, and assisting in conducting key events: sessions, a case championship, a round table, and elective blocks.
The forum brought together more than 150 students and educators from Moscow, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Torzhok, and Smolensk. It united student bodies and educational work staff from various colleges across Russia, allowing them to exchange experiences.
At this event, a strategy and roadmaps for the development of student volunteer communities were developed and approved. Participants acquired skills in social design, community management, leadership, and corporate culture. The forum became an annual event, and Svetlana Sazonova personally demonstrated how important it is to develop student self-government and educational work in vocational education institutions.
Being there not only in studies
Social educator from the College of Modern Technology and Medicine, Nadezhda Timchenko, became the laureate of the award in the category “Alongside the Student.” She came to work at this institution to make the students’ extracurricular life interesting, meaningful, and unifying.
Over the course of a year, Nadezhda Timchenko created a functioning student self-government structure: sports, cultural and mass events, scientific, patriotic, and career guidance committees appeared, as well as a media committee. The volunteer squad “Phoenix” started working, and college students joined the Moscow regional branch of Russian student squads and organized a medical squad and a minor squad. Student interest in extracurricular activities noticeably increased — the students themselves initiate projects, participate in conferences, campaigns, and city events.
“For me, being close means igniting in their hearts that very spark which one day will become saving. One must not be afraid to be on the same level as the students: speak their language, listen to their music, understand their worries. But do this as an adult mentor who firmly stands on the ground. Be the one who holds their hand at the most difficult start, so they grow into doctors who heal not only the disease but also the person,” shared the teacher.
The winner of the award in the same category was Marina Ivanishko — the chief psychologist of the college of multilevel professional education of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Marina Ivanishko developed and implemented a successful psychological support system. For four years now, she has been carrying out the projects “Student Mentorship Club” and “School mentorship” and I am confident that the accessibility of psychological help means creating a space where every student knows: they are awaited, heard, and always ready to be supported.
Regular meetings are held as part of the club, including weekly individual and group consultations. More than 50 regular club members have taken the opportunity to talk personally with mentors. Thanks to these meetings, freshmen have begun to adapt much faster. The participants admit that they feel the mentors’ interest and trust them.
Students begin to communicate more, strive to resolve disputes peacefully, and are ready to take responsibility. They are helped to learn to recognize their emotions, manage stress, and also advised on where to seek support if necessary. Marina Ivanishko is confident that support should be accessible, the impact multidimensional, the initiative student-driven, and trust earned.
Even more opportunities for young Muscovites can be found on the “Youth of Moscow” portal and the project’s pages on social networks.
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The work of the “Youth of Moscow” project aligns with the objectives of the national project “Youth and children”. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
You can learn how the capital has changed in recent years, what initiatives aimed at making city residents’ lives even more comfortable are currently being implemented, and what awaits Moscow and its inhabitants in the near future in a large-scale special project on on the portal mos.ru, dedicated to the development of key areas of Moscow. Among them are transport, industry, healthcare, education, sports, and construction.
On the project page Education it tells about how educational institutions are transformed during reconstruction under the program “My School” and how the update affects the quality of education. Re-equipping colleges allows students to acquire practical skills during their studies and obtain professions in demand on the labor market.
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