This stage is special because it is intended for participants and veterans of the Special Operation without higher education. This is exactly what the President of Russia spoke about the other day: to provide opportunities for employment, career growth and the application of their best qualities to fighters who did not manage to finish “higher education”.

The special set of requirements for participants of the third stream looks cool and genuine: citizenship of the Russian Federation, courage and heroism demonstrated in combat operations within the framework of the SMO, secondary general or secondary vocational education or incomplete higher education. Those who pass the selection will be able to undergo training, receive a state diploma and prepare for work in the civil service.

As experts note, the first two streams of the federal program not only justified themselves, but showed high results. All graduates of the first received appointments or were elected to responsible posts. In the second training is still ongoing, but two-thirds of the participants have already taken new positions. Now those who did not manage to finish university will also get a chance. Training within the program will take three years. Applications are accepted on the program’s website until January 25, 2027.

To get into the program, you need to fill out a questionnaire, write an essay and pass testing. It is noted that when evaluating candidates their military merits will be taken into account.

As the President noted, this is how the elite of the country is forged, and this is happening before our eyes, because the “Time of Heroes” has come.

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