{"id":118616,"date":"2024-12-17T14:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118616\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"prime-minister-sounds-alarm-over-lack-of-engineers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118616\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister sounds alarm over shortage of engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bntu_inzhenery_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BNTU website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The number of students enrolled in engineering programs lags behind Belarus&#8217; economic needs, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142ou\u010danka has told officials at a government conference hosted by Belarusian National Technical University, the government&#8217;s Telegram channel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In three years, Belarus will be short of 5,000 engineers, he said, noting that some 16,000 students started studying engineering sciences last year, yet the economy will need as many as 21,500 at the time of their graduation in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister also noted that state-run companies complain about insufficient skills of recent graduates, who often are incapable of working independently and need additional hands-on training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rabota_1prof_by.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 economic growth slowing down since August<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 economic growth slowed to 3.9 percent in January-November from 5.5 percent in January-July, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. The current figure is close to the government\u2019s target of 3.8-percent expansion for 2024. Bie\u0142stat also reported &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118596\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17, Pozirk. The number of students enrolled in engineering programs lags behind Belarus&#8217; economic needs, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142ou\u010danka has told officials at a government conference hosted by Belarusian National Technical University, the government&#8217;s Telegram channel reports. In three years, Belarus will be short of 5,000 engineers, he said, noting that some 16,000 students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":118609,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-118616","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prime minister sounds alarm over shortage of engineers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 17, Pozirk. 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