Creation of resorts to develop education in North Caucasus

MOSCOW, July 21 (Itar-Tass) - The creation of alpine skiing resorts in
the North Caucasus will contribute to developing education in the region,
Alexei Nevskiy, the general director of the North Caucasus Resorts
Company, told the Ekho Moskvy radio in a live interview on Wednesday.
He said that a concept for securing human resources for the
mountainous cluster was being worked out. A list of most wanted
professions and occupations will be submitted to the Russian government in
a special program in the next six months. Hotel and restaurant business,
the professions of alpine skiing instructors and mountain guides require
certain education, Nevskiy noted.
"That will make it necessary to adjust the curricula in educational
establishments in the North Caucasus. It's possible that new paid
programs will be opened. That will give the educational establishments in
the region an opportunity to develop," Nevskiy went on to say.
He believes that these new educational programs can be developed and
implemented jointly with foreign institutions of high learning. "Of
course, some state support will be needed," Nevskiy said.
He added that the project of creating a tourist cluster in the North
Caucasus would increase the demand for service personnel and managers so
much that the region would have to attract human resources from other
parts of Russia.