Article 10. Structure of the education system

1. The education system includes:

1) federal state educational standards and federal state requirements, educational standards, educational programs of various types, levels and (or) directions;

2) organizations engaged in educational activities, teachers, students and parents (legal representatives) of underage students;

3) federal state bodies and state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exercising state management in the field of education, and local government bodies exercising management in the field of education, advisory, advisory and other bodies created by them;

4) organizations providing educational activities, assessing the quality of education;

5) associations of legal entities, employers and their associations, public associations operating in the field of education.

2. Education is divided into general education, vocational education, additional education and vocational training, which ensure the possibility of exercising the right to education throughout life (lifelong education).

3. General education and vocational education are implemented according to the levels of education.

ConsultantPlus: note.

On the correspondence of educational and educational qualification levels in the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol, see Art. 2 of the Federal Law of 05.05.2014 N 84-FZ.

4. The following levels of general education are established in the Russian Federation:

1) preschool education;

2) primary general education;

3) basic general education;

4) secondary general education.

5. The following levels of vocational education are established in the Russian Federation:

1) secondary vocational education;

2) higher education - bachelor's degree;

3) higher education - specialty, magistracy;

4) higher education - training of highly qualified personnel.

6. Additional education includes such subtypes as additional education for children and adults and additional vocational education.

7. The education system creates conditions for continuous education through the implementation of basic educational programs and various additional educational programs, providing the opportunity to simultaneously master several educational programs, as well as taking into account existing education, qualifications, and practical experience in obtaining education.

The education system in the Russian Federation is a set of interacting structures, which include:

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: CONCEPT AND ELEMENTS

The definition of the concept of the education system is given in Art. 8 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education". It is a set of interacting subsystems and elements:

1) state educational standards of various levels and directions and successive educational programs;

2) networks of educational institutions implementing them; 3)

bodies exercising management in the field of education, and institutions and organizations subordinate to them; four)

associations of legal entities, public and state-public associations carrying out activities in the field of education.

The system-forming factor in this case is the goal, which is to ensure the human right to education. The system under consideration represents a certain integrity, orderliness and interconnection of various parts of the structure of such a complex phenomenon as education. If education is understood as a process of education and training in the interests of a person, society and the state, then the education system in its most general form can be represented as an ordered set of relations between the subjects of the educational process. The main subject of the educational process is the student. It is no coincidence that in the definition of education given in the preamble of this law of the Russian Federation, human interests are put in the first place. All these elements of the education system are designed to ensure their implementation.

There are three subsystems in the education system: -

functional; -

organizational and managerial.

The content subsystem reflects the essence of education, as well as the specific content of education at a particular level. It largely determines the nature of the relationship between the other subsystems and elements of the education system. The elements of this subsystem are state educational standards and educational programs. The functional subsystem covers educational institutions of various types and types that implement educational programs and directly ensure the rights and interests of students. The third subsystem includes educational authorities and institutions and organizations subordinate to them, as well as associations of legal entities, public and state-public educational associations. Obviously, in the context of this legal norm, we mean not educational, but other institutions that are under the jurisdiction of educational authorities (specialists use the term “subordinate educational infrastructure” to refer to them). These can be scientific and research institutes, printing companies, publishing centers, wholesale depots, etc. They play a rather important role in the education system, organizationally ensuring its effective functioning.

The inclusion in the education system of various types of associations that operate in this area reflects the state-public nature of education management, the development of democratic institutions and principles of interaction between the state, municipalities, public associations and other structures in the field of education in order to most effectively implement the right of the individual to development through raising the educational level.

2. Forms, types, levels of education (Articles 10 and 17)

2. The concept of "education".

The term "education" can be considered in different meanings. Education is one of the most important areas of public life. Education is a branch of the social sphere and a branch of the economy. They often talk about education as a qualification requirement when filling certain positions, when concluding an employment contract.

Education is understood as a purposeful process of upbringing and education in the interests of a person, society, state, accompanied by a statement of the achievement by a citizen (student) of educational levels (educational qualifications) established by the state.

Thus, education is a process that meets the following criteria:

1) purposefulness;

2) organization and manageability;

3) completeness and compliance with quality requirements.

3. Levels of education.

In educational legislation, the concept of "level" is used to characterize educational programs (Article 9 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education"), educational qualifications (Article 27). In Art. 46 provides that the contract for the provision of paid educational services should, among other conditions, also determine the level of education.

The educational level (educational qualification) is the minimum required volume of the content of education, determined by the state educational standard, and the permissible limit of the lower level of mastering this volume of content.

The Russian Federation has six educational levels (educational qualifications):

1. basic general education;

2. secondary (complete) general education;

3. initial vocational education;

4. secondary vocational education;

5. higher professional education;

6. postgraduate professional education (clause 5, article 27 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education").

7. additional education.

The achievement of one or another educational qualification is necessarily confirmed by the relevant documents. Mastering a certain educational level is a prerequisite for continuing education in a state and municipal educational institution of a subsequent educational level. The presence of professional educational qualifications is a condition for admission to certain types of activities, to occupy certain positions.

It can be concluded that the level of education is determined by the level of the implemented educational program. General educational programs are implemented at such levels of education as preschool, primary general, basic general, secondary (complete) general, and professional educational programs - at the levels of primary, secondary, higher and postgraduate education. Additional educational programs (Article 26 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") are carried out within each level of professional education.

Preschool education (Article 18 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") pursues the goals of educating young children, protecting and strengthening their health, developing the individual abilities of children and preparing them for schooling.

General education includes three stages corresponding to the levels of educational programs: primary general, basic general and secondary (complete) education. The tasks of primary general education are the upbringing and development of students, teaching them to read, write, count, basic skills of educational activities, elements of theoretical thinking, the simplest skills of self-control, a culture of behavior and speech, as well as the basics of personal hygiene and a healthy lifestyle. Primary general education is the basis for obtaining basic general education, which should create conditions for the upbringing, formation and formation of the personality of the student, for the development of his inclinations, interests and abilities for social self-determination. It is the basis for obtaining secondary (complete) general education, as well as for primary and secondary vocational education. Secondary (complete) general education should develop in students an interest in knowing the world around them, their creative abilities, and form the skills of independent learning activities based on the differentiation of learning. At this stage of education, additional subjects are introduced at the choice of the student himself in order to realize his interests, abilities and opportunities. Thus, the primary professional orientation of schoolchildren is carried out.

Primary vocational education (Article 22 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") provides training for skilled workers (workers and employees) in all major areas of socially useful activity on the basis of basic or complete general education.

Secondary vocational education (Article 23 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") is aimed at training mid-level specialists, meeting the needs of the individual in deepening and expanding education. The basis for obtaining it can be basic or complete general and primary vocational education. Secondary vocational education can be carried out at two educational levels - basic and advanced. The basic one is implemented according to the main professional educational program that provides training for mid-level specialists, which should include general humanitarian, socio-economic, mathematical, general natural sciences, general professional and special disciplines, as well as industrial (professional) practice.

The term of study on the basis of basic general education is at least three years. An increased level of secondary vocational education ensures the training of mid-level specialists with an advanced level of qualification. The main professional educational program at this level consists of two components: a training program for a mid-level specialist in the relevant specialty and an additional training program that provides in-depth and (or) extended theoretical and (or) practical training in individual academic disciplines (cycles of disciplines). The term of study in this case is at least four years. In the document on education, a record is made of the passage of in-depth training in the specialty.

Higher professional education (Article 24 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") is aimed at training and retraining specialists of the appropriate level. It can be obtained on the basis of secondary (complete) education or secondary vocational education.

The main educational programs of higher education can be implemented continuously and in stages.

The following levels of higher education have been established:

Incomplete higher education;

Undergraduate;

Training of graduates;

Master's degree.

The minimum terms of study at these levels are two, four years, five and six years, respectively. The first level is an incomplete higher education, which must be carried out as part of the main educational program. Completion of this part of the program allows you to continue higher education or, at the request of the student, to receive a diploma of incomplete higher education without final certification. The second level provides for the training of specialists with a bachelor's degree. It ends with a final certification and the issuance of an appropriate diploma. The third level of higher education can be carried out according to educational programs of two types. The first of them consists of a bachelor's degree program in a certain area and specialized research or scientific and pedagogical training in the amount of at least two years and ends with a final certification that includes a final work (master's thesis), with the qualification "master", certified diploma. The second version of the educational program involves preparation and state final certification with the qualification of a specialist (engineer, teacher, lawyer, etc.), which is also confirmed by a diploma.

Postgraduate professional education (Article 25 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education") provides an increase in the level of education, as well as scientific and pedagogical qualifications on the basis of higher education. It can be obtained in postgraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies, created in educational institutions of higher professional education and scientific organizations. It can also be conditionally divided into two stages: preparation and defense of dissertations for the degree of candidate of science and doctor of science in the specialty.

Vocational training should be distinguished from vocational education (Article 21 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On Education”), which has the goal of accelerating the acquisition of the skills necessary for the student to perform a certain job. It is not accompanied by an increase in the educational level of the student and can be obtained in educational institutions of primary vocational education and other educational institutions: in interschool educational complexes, training and production workshops, educational sites (workshops), as well as in educational departments of organizations that have the appropriate licenses, and in the order of individual training from specialists who have passed attestation and have the appropriate licenses.

Additional education forms a special subsystem, but it is not included in the structure of education levels, since it is designed to provide additional educational needs of citizens, society and the state.

4. Forms of education.

Defining education as a purposeful process of training and education in the interests of a citizen, society and the state, it is necessary to take into account that it can be obtained in various forms that best meet the needs and capabilities of the subjects of the educational process, primarily the student. The form of education in the most general sense can be defined as a way of organizing the educational process. The classification of forms of education is carried out on several grounds. First of all, depending on the method of participation of an educational institution in the organization of the educational process, education is distinguished in an educational institution and outside it.

In an educational institution, training can be organized in full-time, part-time (evening), part-time forms. The differences between them are mainly in the volume of the classroom load, more precisely, in the ratio between the classroom load and the student's independent work. For example, if in full-time education, classroom work should account for at least 50 percent of the total volume of hours allotted for mastering the educational program, then for full-time students - 20, and for part-time students - 10 percent. This also determines other features of the organization of the educational process in different forms of education (in particular, determining the number of consultations, methodological support, etc.).

In recent years, in connection with the development of information technologies (computerization, Internet resources, etc.), distance learning technologies are becoming more widespread. Educational technologies implemented mainly with the use of information and telecommunication technologies with indirect (at a distance) or incompletely mediated interaction between the student and the teacher are called remote (Article 32 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education"). It provides access to education for those citizens who, for some reason, do not have the opportunity to receive education in traditional forms (those living in remote areas, suffering from various diseases, etc.). Distance educational technologies can be used in all forms of education. The procedure for using distance learning technologies was approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated May 6, 2005 No. 137. Along with traditional information resources, specialized textbooks with multimedia support, educational videos, audio recordings, etc. are used to support the distance learning process. Current control and intermediate certification can be carried out by traditional methods or using electronic means that provide identification of a person (digital electronic signature). Mandatory final certification is carried out in the form of a traditional exam or thesis defense. The students go through the production practice as usual, while the training can be organized using remote technologies. The ratio of the volume of educational, laboratory and practical classes conducted using distance technologies or through direct interaction between a teacher and a student is determined by the educational institution.

Outside the educational institution, family education, self-education and external studies are organized. In the form of family education, only general education programs can be mastered. This form of education is relevant for certain categories of students who may experience difficulties in mastering educational programs under normal conditions. It is also possible to receive the help of teachers working on a contractual basis or parents. In any case, the student passes the intermediate and state final certification in an educational institution.

In order to organize family education, the parents (other legal representatives) of the student conclude an appropriate agreement with the general education institution, which may provide guidance on the development of the general education program by the teachers of the institution, the conduct of individual lessons in all or several subjects by the teachers of this institution or their independent development. According to the contract, the educational institution provides the student with free textbooks and other necessary literature for the period of study, provides him with methodological and advisory assistance, provides the opportunity to perform practical and laboratory work on existing equipment and carries out intermediate (quarterly or trimester, annual) and state certification. The work of teachers, whom the educational institution engages to work with students under this form, is paid on an hourly basis based on the teacher's tariff rate. The procedure for accounting for the classes conducted is determined by the educational institution itself.

Parents together with the educational institution are fully responsible for the development of the educational program by the student. Parents should be paid additional funds in the amount of the cost of education of each student at the appropriate stage of education in a state or municipal institution. The specific amount is determined based on local funding standards. Payments are made in accordance with the agreement from the savings fund of the educational institution. Additional expenses of parents for the organization of family education,

exceeding the established standards are covered by them at their own expense. Parents have the right to terminate the contract at any stage of education and transfer the child to another form of development of the educational program. An educational institution also has the right to terminate the contract if the student fails at the end of two or more quarters in two or more subjects, as well as in case of failure at the end of the year in one or more subjects. At the same time, re-mastering the program in this form is not allowed.

Self-education is an independent development of the educational program by the student. It acquires legal significance only in combination with an externality. External study refers to the certification of persons who independently master the educational program. External study is allowed both in the system of general and in the system of vocational education. The regulation on receiving general education in the form of an external student was approved by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation of June 23, 2000 No. 1884. Any student has the right to choose an external student as a form of education. To apply for an external study, you must submit an application to the head of the educational institution no later than three months before the certification and submit the available certificates of intermediate certification or a document on education. The external student is provided with the necessary consultations on academic subjects (including pre-examination) in the amount of at least two hours, literature from the library fund of the institution, the opportunity to use subject rooms for laboratory and practical work. External students pass an intermediate certification in the manner determined by the institution. If they passed the certification for the full course of the transfer class, they are transferred to the next class, and at the end of a certain stage of education they are allowed to the final certification.

According to a similar scheme (albeit with some peculiarities), professional educational programs are implemented in the form of an external student. For example, the Regulation on external studies in state, municipal higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation of October 14, 1997 No. 2033, provides the right to receive higher education in this form to persons with secondary (complete) general or secondary vocational education. Admission and enrollment in universities are carried out in a general manner. In addition to a student card and a record book, an external student is issued an attestation plan. It is provided free of charge with exemplary programs of academic disciplines, assignments for control and term papers, and other educational and methodological materials. The current attestation of external students includes taking exams and tests in the disciplines provided for by the main educational program in the chosen field of study or specialty; reviewing control and term papers, reports on production and undergraduate practice; acceptance of laboratory, control, term papers and practice reports. The examinations are administered by a commission of three full-time professors or associate professors, appointed by order of the dean of the faculty. The passing of the exam is recorded by the members of the commission. Written responses and other written material accompanying the oral response shall be attached to the protocol. Other types of current certification are carried out orally. The assessment is set in a special attestation sheet, which is signed by the members of the commission and endorsed by the head of the department. Positive assessments are then put down by the chairman of the commission in the record book. The final certification of external students is carried out in accordance with the generally established procedure and provides for the passing of state exams and the defense of a graduation project (work). Certification can be carried out both in one and in several universities.

In the system of vocational education, the right of students to choose individual forms of education may be limited, taking into account the specifics of training in certain specialties. For example, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 22, 1997 No. 463 approved the List of specialties, the receipt of which in full-time (evening) form and in the form of external study in educational institutions of secondary vocational education is not allowed; Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 22, 1997 No. 1473 approved the List of areas of training and specialties for which it is not allowed to receive higher professional education in correspondence form and in the form of external studies. In particular, such lists include some specialties in the field of healthcare, transport operation, construction and architecture, etc.

Educational legislation allows a combination of various forms of education. At the same time, for all its forms, within the framework of a specific basic educational program, there is a single state educational standard.

5. Conclusion.

Thus, education as a system can be considered in three dimensions, which are:

– social scale of consideration, i.e. e. education in the world, country, society, region and organization, state, public and private education, secular and clerical education, etc.;

- the level of education (preschool, school, secondary vocational, higher vocational with different levels, institutions for advanced training, postgraduate, doctoral studies);

- profile of education: general, special, professional, additional.

The education system includes:

• 1) federal state educational standards and federal state requirements, educational standards, educational programs of various types, levels and (or) directions;
• 2) organizations engaged in educational activities, teachers, students and parents (legal representatives) of underage students;
• 3) federal state bodies and state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exercising state management in the field of education, and local government bodies exercising management in the field of education, advisory, advisory and other bodies created by them;
• 4) organizations providing educational activities, assessing the quality of education;
• 5) associations of legal entities, employers and their associations, public associations operating in the field of education.

Continuous replenishment, refinement of knowledge, acquisition and understanding of new information, development of new skills and abilities become the most important prerequisites for increasing the intellectual level of a person, his standard of living, an urgent need for any specialist. The education system includes a number of levels, which are discrete in nature, but due to continuity, its continuity is ensured.

Continuity allows a person to smoothly move from one stage of development to the next, from one to the next, higher level of education.

According to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education", Russian education is a continuous system of successive levels, at each of which there are state, non-state, municipal educational institutions of various types and types:

• · preschool;
• general education (primary general, basic general, secondary (complete) general education);
• · initial vocational education;
• secondary vocational education;
• higher professional education;
• postgraduate professional education;
• additional education for adults;
• additional education for children;
• For orphans and children left without parental care (legal representatives);
• special (correctional) (for students, pupils with developmental disabilities);
• other institutions that carry out the educational process.

Preschool education(nursery, kindergarten). It is optional and usually covers children from 1 year old to 6-7 years old.

Comprehensive school. Education from 7 to 18 years. There are different types of schools, including special schools with in-depth study of certain subjects and for teaching children with developmental disabilities.

• · Elementary education(grades 1-4) is usually part of secondary education, except in small villages and outlying areas. Primary school or the first level of general secondary school covers 4 years, most children enter school at the age of 6 or 7 years.
• · Basic general education (grades 5 - 9). At the age of 10, children finish primary school, move to secondary school, where they study for another 5 years. After completing the 9th grade, they are issued a certificate of general secondary education. With it, they can apply for admission to the 10th grade of a school (lyceum or gymnasium), or enter, for example, a technical school.
• · Complete general education (grades 10 - 11). After studying for another two years at school (lyceum or gymnasium), the guys take final exams, after which they receive a certificate of complete secondary education.

Professional education. Vocational education is represented by educational institutions of primary, secondary and higher vocational education.

• · Initial vocational education. Such education can be obtained in vocational lyceums or other institutions of primary vocational education after graduating from the 9th or 11th grade.
• · Secondary vocational education. The institutions of secondary vocational education include various technical schools and colleges. They are accepted there after 9th and 11th grades.
• · Higher professional education.

Higher education is represented by universities, academies and higher institutions. According to the federal law of August 22, 1996 No. 125-FZ “On higher and postgraduate professional education”, the following types of higher educational institutions are established in the Russian Federation: university, academy, institute. Graduates of these educational institutions receive either a diploma specialist(term of study - 5 years), or degree bachelor(4 years) or master's(6 years). Higher education is considered incomplete if the period of study is at least 2 years.

Postgraduate education system: postgraduate and doctoral studies.

Educational institutions can be paid and free, commercial and non-commercial. They can conclude agreements among themselves, unite into educational complexes (kindergarten - elementary school, lyceum-college-university) and educational and scientific production associations (associations) with the participation of scientific, industrial and other institutions and organizations. Education can be received with or without interruption from work, in the form of family (home) education, as well as external studies.

preschool education in Russia is designed to ensure the intellectual, personal and physical development of a child from one year to 7 years, strengthening his mental health, developing individual abilities and the necessary correction of developmental deficiencies.

Preschool education is carried out:

• In institutions of preschool education
• In institutions of general education (pre-school)
• in institutions of additional education for children (centers and associations of early child development)
• at home in the family.

The regulatory and legal activities of preschool educational institutions of the Russian Federation are regulated by the Model Regulations on a preschool educational institution. The system of preschool education, its educational institutions are designed to meet the needs of the population, families with children of preschool age, in educational services. This is emphasized in the Concept of preschool education, proclaimed in the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education" and the Model Regulations on a preschool educational institution. Preschool educational institutions are singled out as an independent type of educational institutions and the possibility of their species diversity is determined. The educational program of preschool education is singled out as an independent educational program from general education programs. At the same time, the educational programs of preschool and primary general education are successive. Preschool institutions in Russia are characterized by multifunctionality, heterogeneity, freedom in choosing the priority direction of the educational process, the use of educational programs.

Since the beginning of 2005, for the first time in 85 years of its existence as state institutions, Russian kindergartens have lost funding from the federal budget. Their content is now entirely entrusted to local authorities. Municipalities have limited room to maneuver between budget deficits and parents' ability to pay.

From January 1, 2007, as part of measures to improve the demographic situation, parents whose children attend state and municipal kindergartens began to receive such compensation. Compensations in state and municipal institutions are calculated as follows: 20% of the maintenance fee for the first child, 50% for the second child and 70% for the third and subsequent children. The amount of compensation is determined on the basis of the amount actually paid by the parents for the maintenance of the child in these institutions.

Economic difficulties in the country have caused a number of negative processes in the functioning of the system of preschool educational institutions. In Russia, now more than a third of young families with a child are not provided with preschool institutions. Parents are entrusted with the functions of the first teachers and the duty to lay the foundations for the physical, moral and intellectual development of the child's personality in early childhood.

It is impossible not to point out such a problem as the low wages of preschool education workers, which in turn becomes an obstacle to attracting young specialists to this area.

Comprehensive secondary school - an educational institution that aims to provide students with a systematic knowledge of the fundamentals of science, as well as the relevant skills and abilities that are necessary for further professional training and higher education. Educational institutions providing general secondary education include general education schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, where education lasts 11 years. Usually they enter a general educational institution at the age of 6 or 7; graduate at 17 or 18.

The academic year begins on September 1 and ends at the end of May or June. There are two main ways of dividing the academic year.

• division by four quarters. Between each quarter there are holidays (“summer”, “autumn”, “winter” and “spring”).
• division by three trimester. The trimesters are divided into 5 blocks with weekly holidays between them and with summer holidays between the III and I trimesters.

At the end of each quarter or trimester, a final grade is given for all subjects studied, and at the end of each year, an annual grade. With unsatisfactory annual grades, the student may be left for the second year.

At the end of the last grade, as well as at the end of the 9th grade, students take exams in some subjects. Based on the results of these examinations and annual grades, grades are given in the matriculation certificate. In those subjects for which there are no exams, an annual grade is put in the certificate.

Most schools have a 6-day working week (day off - Sunday), 4-7 lessons daily. With this system, lessons are 45 minutes long. It is also possible to study 5 days a week, but with more lessons (up to 9), or with more shorter lessons (35-40 minutes each). Lessons are separated by breaks of 10-20 minutes each. In addition to teaching in the classroom, students do homework (for younger students, homework may not be at the discretion of the teacher).

Compulsory education up to grade 9, education in grades 10 and 11 is optional for all children. After the 9th grade, the graduate receives a certificate of basic secondary education and can continue his studies at a vocational school (vocational school, professional lyceums), where, among other things, it is also possible to complete a complete secondary education program, or at a specialized secondary (technical school, college, a number of schools: medical, pedagogical), where he can receive a secondary specialized education and qualifications, as a rule, a technician or a junior engineer, or even immediately start working. After the end of the 11th grade, the student receives a certificate of complete secondary education - a certificate of complete general education. For admission to a higher educational institution, a complete secondary education is usually required: a high school certificate, or a document on the completion of a secondary vocational school, or a technical school diploma, as well as the result of the Unified State Examination (USE).

Since 2009, the Unified State Examination has acquired the status of compulsory and is the only form of state (final) certification of school graduates.

In the system of general education, there may also be specialized secondary schools or separate classes (pre-profile and profile): with in-depth study of a number of subjects - a foreign language, physical and mathematical, chemical, engineering, biological, etc. They differ from ordinary ones with an additional teaching load in subjects specializations. Recently, a network of full-day schools has been developing, where children not only receive general education, but a large amount of extracurricular work is carried out with them, circles, sections and other associations of additional education for children operate. The school has the right to provide additional educational services to a student only in the event that an Agreement for the provision of additional educational services is concluded with his parents (legal representatives), from the moment such an agreement is concluded and for the period of its validity. Additional educational services are provided in excess and cannot be provided in return or as part of the main activity.

In addition to general education schools in Russia, there are institutions of additional education for children - musical, artistic, sports, etc., which do not solve the problems of general education, but are focused on the development of children's creative potential, their choice of life self-determination, profession.

professional education implements professional educational programs for primary, secondary and higher professional education:

• · initial vocational education aims to train skilled workers in all major areas of socially useful activity on the basis of basic general education. For individual professions, it can be based on secondary (complete) general education. Can be obtained in vocational and other schools;
• · secondary vocational education (SVE) - aims to train mid-level specialists, meet the needs of the individual in deepening and expanding education on the basis of basic general, secondary (complete) general or primary vocational education.

The following types of secondary specialized educational institutions are established:

• a) technical school - a secondary specialized educational institution that implements the main professional educational programs of secondary vocational education of basic training;
• b) college - a secondary specialized educational institution that implements basic professional educational programs of secondary vocational education of basic training and programs of secondary vocational education of advanced training.

In other words, a technical school and a college teach in specialties in which a secondary vocational education can be obtained in 3 years (in some specialties - in 2 years). At the same time, the college also requires training in advanced training programs (4 years).

· higher professional education - aims to train and retrain specialists of the appropriate level, meet the needs of the individual in deepening and expanding education on the basis of secondary (complete) general, secondary vocational education.

In the Russian Federation, there are three types of higher education institutions where you can get higher education: institute, academy and university.

The Academy is distinguished by a narrower range of specialties, as a rule, they are for one branch of the economy. For example, the academy of railway transport, agricultural academy, mining academy, economic academy, etc.

The university covers a wide range of specialties from different fields. For example, a technical university or a classical university.

Either of these two statuses can be assigned to an educational institution only if it conducts extensive and recognized at a certain level of scientific research.

For the status of “institute”, it is enough for an educational institution to conduct training in at least one specialty and conduct scientific activities at its own discretion. However, despite these differences, the legislation of the Russian Federation does not provide for any advantages or restrictions for graduates of accredited institutes, academies or universities.

A license gives an educational institution the right to conduct educational activities. A license is a state document allowing a university (or its branch) to train specialists in the field of higher professional education. The license is issued by the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science. Both non-state and state universities are required to have a license. This document is issued for 5 years. After the expiration of the license, the activity of the university is illegal. The university or branch license must have applications. The annexes to the license indicate all the specialties in which the university or branch has the right to train specialists. If the specialty for which the admission of students is announced is not in the application, then teaching students in this specialty is illegal.

In the Russian Federation, there are various forms of ownership of educational institutions: state (including municipal and subjects of the federation) and non-state (whose founders are legal entities or individuals). All accredited educational institutions, regardless of their form of ownership, have equal rights to issue state-recognised diplomas and deferment from conscription for military service.

Postgraduate professional education provides citizens with the opportunity to improve the level of education, scientific and pedagogical qualifications on the basis of higher professional education.

To obtain it, the following institutes have been created at educational institutions of higher professional education and scientific institutions:

• postgraduate studies;
• doctoral studies;
• residency;

There are different levels of education in Russia. They are regulated by a special Law on Education of the Russian Federation 273-FZ Chapter 2 Article 10, which was recently supplemented.

According to the law, the levels of education in the Russian Federation are divided into 2 main types - general education and professional. The first type includes preschool and school education, the second - all the rest.

According to Article 43 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, all citizens are guaranteed free general education in municipal institutions. General education is a term that includes the following types:

The second type is divided into the following subspecies:

Pre-school education is primarily aimed at developing skills that will help in the future in the assimilation of school material. This includes the primary elements of written and spoken language, the basics of hygiene, ethics and a healthy lifestyle.

Both municipal and private institutions of preschool education are successfully functioning in the Russian Federation. In addition, many parents prefer to raise their children at home, not sending them to kindergarten. Statistics says that the number of children who did not attend preschool institutions increases every year.

Primary education is a continuation of preschool and is aimed at developing students' motivation, honing writing and speaking skills, teaching the basics of theoretical thinking and various sciences.

The main task of basic education is the study of the foundations of various sciences, a deeper study of the state language, the formation of inclinations towards certain types of activity, the formation of aesthetic tastes and social definition. During the period of basic education, the student should develop the skills of independent knowledge of the world.

Secondary education aims to teach to think rationally, to make independent choices, various sciences are studied more deeply. A clear idea of ​​the world and the social role of each student in it is also formed. As never before, it's important pedagogical the influence of the class teacher and other teachers.

In Russian federation professional education levels are divided into the following subtypes:

Primary education is provided by institutions that provide working professions. These include vocational schools (vocational schools, which are now gradually being renamed PTL - vocational lyceum). You can enter such institutions both on the basis of 9th and 11th grades.

Secondary education includes technical schools and colleges. The former train basic-level specialists, the latter implement a system of in-depth training. You can enter a technical school or college on the basis of 9 or 11 grades, some institutions can only enter after 9 or only after 11 grades (for example, medical colleges). Citizens who already have primary vocational education are trained according to a reduced program.

Higher education provides training of highly qualified specialists for various sectors of the economy. Universities, institutes and academies (in some cases also colleges) are engaged in the training of specialists. Higher education is divided into the following levels:

Bachelor's degree is a mandatory level for obtaining the other two. There are also various forms of education. It can be full-time, part-time, part-time and external.

In the world, students are trained by a huge number of educational institutions and different countries.

• One of the best systems operates in the USA; more than 500 thousand foreign students study in the institutions of this country. The main problem of the American education system is the high cost.
• A very high educational level is also offered by the higher educational institutions of France, education in the universities of this country, as in Russia, is free. Students only have to provide their own maintenance.
• In Germany, population countries and foreign applicants are also entitled to free education. There was an attempt to introduce tuition fees, but the attempt failed. An interesting feature of education in this country is that there is no division into bachelor's and specialist's degrees in the legal and medical industries.
• In England, the term Higher Education is only used to refer to institutes or universities where graduates receive a doctoral or academic degree.
• Also, education in China has recently become popular. This happened thanks to the teaching of most disciplines in English, however, the cost of education in China is still quite high.

The methodology of the British publication Times Higher Education (THE) was the basis for this rating, created by Times Higher Education in conjunction with the Thomson Reuters information group. Developed in 2010 and replacing the well-known World University Rankings, the ranking is recognized as one of the most authoritative in determining the quality of education in the world.

• The academic reputation of the university, including scientific activities and the quality of education (data from a global expert survey of representatives of the international academic community)
• The scientific reputation of the university in certain areas (data from a global expert survey of representatives of the international academic community).
• General citation of scientific publications, normalized for different areas of research (analysis data of 12 thousand scientific journals over a five-year period).
• The ratio of published scientific articles to the number of teaching staff (data from the analysis of 12,000 scientific journals over a five-year period).
• The volume of funding for university research activities in relation to the number of faculty members (the indicator is normalized by purchasing power parity, based on the economy of a particular country).
• The volume of funding by third-party companies for the research activities of the university in relation to the number of faculty members.
• The ratio of public funding for research activities to the total research budget of the university.
• The ratio of the teaching staff to the number of students.
• The ratio of the number of foreign representatives of the teaching staff to the number of local ones.
• The ratio of the number of foreign students to the number of local students.
• The ratio of defended dissertations (Ph.D.) to the number of teaching staff.
• The ratio of defended dissertations (PhDs) to the number of bachelors going to the title of master.
• Average remuneration of a member of the teaching staff (the indicator is normalized to purchasing power parity, based on the economy of a particular country).

The maximum score that the studied university can receive is 100 points.

• For the level of teaching activity, the quality of education, the number of highly qualified teachers, the university can get a maximum of 30 points.
• For the scientific reputation of the university, a maximum of 30 points is given.
• For the citation of scientific works - 30 points.
• For the development of innovative projects, attracting investments to them, the university receives a maximum of 2.5 points.
• For the ability of the university to attract the best students and teachers from all over the world to its ranks - 7.5 points.

1) preschool education;

4) secondary general education.

Article 10. Structure of the education system

1. The education system includes:

1) federal state educational standards and federal state requirements, educational standards, educational programs of various types, levels and (or) directions;

2) organizations engaged in educational activities, teachers, students and parents (legal representatives) of underage students;

3) federal state bodies and state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exercising state management in the field of education, and local government bodies exercising management in the field of education, advisory, advisory and other bodies created by them;

4) organizations providing educational activities, assessing the quality of education;

5) associations of legal entities, employers and their associations, public associations operating in the field of education.

2. Education is divided into general education, vocational education, additional education and vocational training, which ensure the possibility of exercising the right to education throughout life (lifelong education).

3. General education and vocational education are implemented according to the levels of education.

4. The following levels of general education are established in the Russian Federation:

1) preschool education;

2) primary general education;

3) basic general education;

4) secondary general education.

5. The following levels of vocational education are established in the Russian Federation:

1) secondary vocational education;

2) higher education - bachelor's degree;

3) higher education - specialty, magistracy;

4) higher education - training of highly qualified personnel.

6. Additional education includes such subtypes as additional education for children and adults and additional vocational education.

7. The education system creates conditions for continuous education through the implementation of basic educational programs and various additional educational programs, providing the opportunity to simultaneously master several educational programs, as well as taking into account existing education, qualifications, and practical experience in obtaining education.

Commentary on Art. 10 of the Law "On Education in the Russian Federation"

The commented provisions are not new for domestic educational legislation, since the norms on the structure of the education system contained the system-forming acts of educational legislation: the law on education (Article 4) and the law on higher education (Article 4). reworked and synthesized into normative material, taking into account the multi-level nature of education.

1. The commented law proposes a new approach to the definition of the education system, taking into account changes in the system of educational relations in general. It lies in the fact that:

Firstly, the education system includes all types of existing sets of mandatory requirements for education: federal state educational standards, federal state requirements, as well as educational standards and educational programs of various types, levels and (or) directions.

In order to ensure the quality of education, the legislator provides for: federal state educational standards for basic general education and professional programs, including for preschool education, which was not previously provided for. However, this does not mean the need for certification for students at this level. The law introduces a ban on both intermediate and final certification of students in preschool educational organizations;

federal state requirements - for additional pre-professional programs;

educational standards - for educational programs of higher education in cases provided for by the commented law or a decree of the President of the Russian Federation. The definition of the educational standard is given in paragraph 7) of Art. 2 of Law N 273-FZ, however, we find a more accurate interpretation of it in Art. 11 of the Law (see commentary to part 10 of article 11 of the Law).

Educational programs are also included in the education system, since they represent a set of basic characteristics of education and organizational and pedagogical conditions. Such their allocation is due to the fact that if either federal state educational standards, or federal state requirements, or educational standards are developed, the educational program is drawn up on their basis. In the event that these are not available (for additional general developmental and with certain characteristics, for additional professional programs * (14); vocational training programs are developed on the basis of established qualification requirements (professional standards), educational programs are the only set of requirements for obtaining this kind of education .

Secondly, the education system includes, along with organizations engaged in educational activities, also teachers, students and their parents (legal representatives) (up to the age of majority of the student), which makes them full participants in the educational process. Of course, such a position should be supported by specific rights and guarantees for such subjects. To this end, the legislator introduces Chapter 4, dedicated to students and their parents, and Chapter 5, dedicated to pedagogical, managerial and other employees of organizations engaged in educational activities (Articles 47 and 50 of the Law on Education in the Russian Federation).

Thirdly, the education system includes, along with the bodies exercising management in the field of education at all levels of government, advisory, advisory and other bodies created by them. The sign of jurisdiction is not singled out; instead, the sign of the creation of a body by the body exercising management in the field of education is introduced. Such a replacement does not bear fundamental differences. At the same time, the former wording "institutions and organizations" could not allow attributing, for example, public councils to the education system.

Fourth, the education system includes organizations that provide educational activities and assess the quality of education. The above is explained by the need to understand the education system as a single inseparable process of the movement of knowledge from the teacher (educational organization) to the student. This process also includes settlement centers for information processing, and attestation commissions, etc. This circle does not include individuals (experts, public observers, etc.).

Fifthly, in addition to associations of legal entities and public associations, the education system includes associations of employers and their associations operating in the field of education. This position is due to the activating direction of the integration of education, science and production; understanding of education as a process culminating in employment and orientation in this regard to the demands of the world of work. Employers take part in the work of educational and methodological associations (Article 19 of the Law), are involved in the conduct of the state final certification for basic professional educational programs, in the conduct of a qualification exam (the result of vocational training) (clause 16 of Article 59, Article 74 of the Law) ; employers, their associations have the right to carry out professional and public accreditation of professional educational programs implemented by an organization engaged in educational activities, and make ratings on this basis (clauses 3, 5, article 96 of the Law).

Paragraph 3 of the commented article 10 of the Law on Education in the Russian Federation introduces a system of types of education, subdividing it into general education, vocational education, additional education and vocational training.

Vocational training, despite the seemingly absent "effect" of educational activities - raising the educational qualification of the student, also implies the need to master the educational program of secondary general education, if it is not mastered.

This system should make it possible to realize the educational needs of a person throughout life, that is, not only the opportunity to get an education at any age, but also to get another profession (specialty). To this end, a variety of educational programs are being introduced.

The system of education levels is being changed, according to which the structure of general education in accordance with the Law includes:

1) preschool education;

2) primary general education;

3) basic general education;

4) secondary general education;

In the structure of vocational education:

1) secondary vocational education;

2) higher education - bachelor's degree;

3) higher education - training of a specialist, magistracy;

4) higher education - training of scientific and pedagogical personnel.

The main innovation is that: 1) pre-school education is included as the first level of general education; 2) initial vocational education is not singled out as a level; 3) higher professional education absorbs the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel (previously carried out within the framework of postgraduate professional education).

The change in levels of education is caused by the prescriptions of the Bologna Declaration, the International Standard Classification of Education.

The question arises: what are the consequences of changing the system of educational levels?

Modernization of the system of levels of education affects the system of educational programs and types of educational organizations.

Changes in educational programs repeat the corresponding changes in the levels of education.

At first glance, the introduction of preschool education into the system of educational levels looks frightening. As a rule, this implies the existence of federal state educational standards with confirmation of the results of the development of a preschool educational program in the form of a final certification. However, in this situation, the Law provides for a "big" exception to the rule, which is justified given the level of psycho-physical development of children at such an early age. The development of educational programs of preschool education is not accompanied by intermediate certification and final certification of students. That is, confirmation of the fulfillment of the requirements of federal state educational standards should not be expressed in the form of testing the knowledge, abilities, skills of pupils, but in the form of reporting by employees of a preschool educational organization on the work done aimed at implementing the requirements of the standard. Pre-school education is now the first level of education, but the legislator does not make it compulsory.

Law N 279-FZ now provides for primary general education, basic general education and secondary general education as separate levels of education. In the former Law N 3266-1, they were the stages of education.

Since the level of initial vocational education "drops out", it is replaced by two programs introduced into secondary vocational education, which are a successful combination of instilling skills in the field of initial vocational education with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform jobs that require the level of secondary vocational education. As a result, the main programs of secondary vocational education are divided into programs for the training of skilled workers and programs for the training of mid-level specialists.

The change in the higher education system leads to its division into several sublevels:

2) specialist training, magistracy;

3) training of scientific and pedagogical personnel.

The term "professional" itself is no longer applied to higher education, although the latter is still included in the system of vocational education.

The bachelor's, master's and specialist's degrees, which have already become familiar to us, retain their legal significance, now side by side with the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel. A specialty, as an educational program, is provided where the standard period for mastering an educational program in a particular area of ​​training cannot be reduced.

It should be noted that in the system of levels of education, the allocation of sublevels is dictated by different tasks. In the secondary school, primary education is regarded as incomplete education and parents are obliged to ensure that their children receive primary, basic general and secondary general education. These levels are compulsory levels of education. Students who have not mastered the basic educational program of primary general and (or) basic general education are not allowed to study at the next levels of general education. The requirement of obligatory secondary general education in relation to a particular student remains in force until he reaches the age of eighteen years, if the corresponding education was not received by the student earlier.

The allocation of sublevels in higher education is dictated by the need to indicate the independence of each of them and self-sufficiency. Each of them is evidence of higher education without "subjunctive moods". Judicial practice in this regard, based on the law on education of 1992, in contrast, approaches the assessment of the bachelor's degree as the first level of higher education, insufficient for occupying positions requiring high professional training, for example, a judge. This approach has been implemented in the entire system of courts of general jurisdiction, including the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation * (15).

Hence, the concept of incomplete higher education can only refer to the fact of an incomplete normative term for mastering one or another educational program of a certain level of education. Consequently, when the educational program in a particular area of ​​training is not fully mastered, it is impossible to talk about passing a specific level of education with the issuance of a document on education, which is also confirmed by judicial practice * (16).

It should be noted that in the regional legislation there are examples of ranking depending on the "level" of education (specialist, master), for example, wage rates. This practice is recognized as inconsistent with the law, since in this case the provisions of Part 3 of Art. 37 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, art. Art. 3 and 132 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, which prohibit discrimination in the sphere of labor, including discrimination in the establishment and change of wage conditions.

Following the logic that each of the "types" of the level of higher education, whether it be a bachelor's degree, a specialist's degree or a master's degree, confirms the completed education cycle, characterized by a certain single set of requirements (Article 2 of the Law, "Basic Concepts"), then no restrictions can be set for one species over another.

However, this statement requires clarification: certain restrictions are already provided for by the Law itself. What regulations do this follow from? We find the answer in Art. 69 "Higher education", which says that persons with a secondary general education are allowed to master undergraduate or specialist programs (types are equated).

Persons with higher education of any level are allowed to master the master's programs. This emphasizes the higher position of the magistracy in the hierarchy of higher education.

However, further we see that the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in graduate school (adjuncture), residency, assistantship-internship is possible by persons who have an education not lower than higher education (specialist or master's degree). That is, in this case, we see that the specialist "at the finish line" corresponds in terms of the level of his training to the master's program. But the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel is already the next level of higher education.

Thus, the education system, in accordance with the law on education, is a single system, starting with preschool education and ending with the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel, as the necessary level of education for engaging in certain types of activities or certain positions (for example, residency).

The change in the levels of education led to a change in the types of educational organizations: the expansion of opportunities to create various types of organizations that provide training. In addition to the educational ones themselves, organizations that have educational units in their structure are actively involved in the education system, according to the Law.

Additional education is a type of education and includes such subtypes as additional education for children and adults and additional vocational education. Each of them involves the implementation of individual educational programs.

Additional educational programs include:

1) additional general education programs - additional general developmental programs, additional pre-professional programs;

2) additional professional programs - advanced training programs, professional retraining programs.

Unfortunately, in the modern world, most people do not reach the possible level of development, and because of this, a person himself, other people, the state, and society lose a lot.

The right to education - a basic and natural human right - aims to satisfy a person's need for information and directly in training and education. The need for information and education is on a par with the primary needs of a person: physiological, to ensure safety and security.

The legal definition of education is given in the preamble of the Law of July 10, 1992 N 3266-1 "On Education", where it is understood as a purposeful process of education and training in the interests of a person, society, state, accompanied by a statement of the achievement by a citizen (student) of educational levels established by the state (educational qualifications). It follows from the above definition that education is characterized by the presence of two components (processes) - education and training, as well as confirmation of the achievement of the appropriate educational qualification by the student.

It can be noted that education should be a unity of learning processes, upbringing and results.

A more extended concept of education is contained in the draft Concept of the Model Educational Code for the CIS Member States.

In it, education is understood as the process of upbringing and education in the interests of the individual, society, state, focused on the preservation, improvement and transfer of knowledge, transmission of culture to new generations in order to ensure sustainable socio-economic and spiritual development of the country, continuous improvement of the moral, intellectual, aesthetic and the physical state of society.

Education is understood as "a purposeful process of education and training in the interests of a person, society, state."

Education in Russia is a system. In Art. 8 of the Law "On Education" states that education in the Russian Federation is a system. Any system is a form of organization of a certain number of elements, "something whole, which is a unity of regularly arranged and interconnected parts."

System (from the Greek systema - a whole made up of parts; connection) - a set of elements that are in relationships and connections with each other, forming a certain integrity, unity. In modern science, the study of systems of various kinds is carried out within the framework of a systems approach, general systems theory, and various special systems theories.

The provision of the Law on the systematic nature of Russian education is one of the key ones. Only in the interrelation and coherence of all links of this system is it possible to get rid of unnecessary duplication, "gaps" and inconsistencies between the various levels and educational programs of the Russian educational system and, ultimately, to make the educational service of high quality, and the process of its provision to the population - effective.

In this regard, the remark of V.B. Novichkov that the legislator recklessly did not include individuals in the "set of interacting elements" of the education system of individuals, because it is the person, and not society, not the state, that is the root cause, the starting point, the central link of the entire education system, in the absence of which the system itself cannot be conceived . The humanistic orientation of the entire legal system of modern Russia, obviously, in the near future will lead to the inclusion of a person in the educational system as an independent subsystem. The introduction of this fourth subsystem will make it possible to more accurately define the rights, duties and responsibilities of all parties involved in educational legal relations.

One way or another, at present the Russian education system includes three subsystems (or three elements of the system):

content subsystem. This concept traditionally includes state educational standards and educational programs, since it is these elements that represent the content side of education in a particular country. The presence of detailed and clear standards in all segments of the educational system, as a rule, indicates a high systemic nature of education in general in a given country. According to this indicator, Russia is far from the first place.

functional subsystem. This subsystem of Russian education includes educational institutions that implement educational programs and state educational standards, regardless of the form of ownership, type and kind.

Organizational and managerial subsystem. The organizational and managerial subsystem in Russia is in the vast majority of cases three-tiered, since responsibility for managing the continuous process of implementing state educational standards is usually divided between three main governing entities - federal government bodies, regional government bodies and local government educational institutions (administrations of educational institutions). Moreover, such a three-tier management subsystem is fair in relation, among other things, to private educational institutions operating in the Russian Federation. The exception is municipal educational institutions - in this case, the organizational and managerial subsystem is a four-tier one: in addition to the three above-mentioned managing entities, municipal educational authorities are added, which, within their competence, have the right to give mandatory instructions to the administrations of municipal educational institutions, as well as exercise other powers (Art. 31 of the Law on Education) .

In its structural aspect, education, as well as training, is a triune process, characterized by such aspects as the assimilation of experience, the development of behavioral qualities, physical and mental development. Thus, education is determined by certain ideas about the social functions of a person.

According to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education", Russian education is a continuous system of successive levels, at each of which there are state, non-state, municipal educational institutions of various types and types:

preschool;

general education;

Institutions for orphans and children left without parental care;

Professional (initial, secondary special, higher, etc.);

Institutions of additional education;

Other institutions providing educational services.

Pre-school education is not compulsory and usually covers children from 3 to 6-7 years old.

General secondary school. Education from 7 to 18 years. There are different types of schools, including special schools with in-depth study of certain subjects and for teaching children with developmental disabilities.

Primary education usually forms part of secondary education, except in small villages and outlying areas. Primary school or the first level of general secondary school covers 4 years, most children enter school at the age of 6 or 7 years.

Basic general education. At the age of 10, children finish primary school, move to secondary school, where they study for another 5 years. After completing the 9th grade, they are issued a certificate of general secondary education. With it, they can apply for admission to the 10th grade of a school (lyceum or gymnasium), or enter, for example, a technical school.

Complete general education. After studying for another two years at school (lyceum or gymnasium), the guys take final exams, after which they receive a certificate of complete secondary education.

Higher education. Represented by universities, academies and higher institutions. According to the federal law of August 22, 1996 No. 125-FZ "On higher and postgraduate professional education", the following types of higher educational institutions are established in the Russian Federation: university, academy, institute. Graduates of these educational institutions receive either a specialist diploma (training period - 5 years), or a bachelor's degree (4 years), or a master's degree (6 years). Higher education is considered incomplete if the period of study is at least 2 years.

Professional education. Vocational education represented by educational institutions of primary, secondary and higher professional education.

Primary vocational education. Such education can be obtained in professional lyceums, technical schools or other institutions of primary vocational education after finishing the 9th or 11th grade.

Secondary vocational education. The institutions of secondary vocational education include various technical schools and colleges. They are accepted there after 9th and 11th grades.

Higher professional education. System of post-higher education: postgraduate and doctoral studies.

Modern reforms in the field of education, carried out against the background of the globalization of the economy and Russia's desire to enter a single educational space, are subordinated to the interests of a united Europe, which determines the dependence of states in various areas of public life.

Among the main documents aimed at creating a unified European educational system is the Bologna Declaration, signed in 1999 by the Ministers of Education of 29 countries.

The basis for the Bologna Declaration was the University Charter Magna Charta Universitatum (Bologna 1988) and the Sorbonne Declaration - "Joint Declaration on the Harmonization of the Architecture of the European System of Higher Education" (1998), which put forward the ideas of the fundamental principles of a single European space and a single higher education zones for the development of the European continent.

The Bologna Declaration of 1999 (signed by Russia in 2003) defines integration not only in the education systems of European states, but also in other areas. At the same time, education itself acts as a powerful factor in the rapprochement of national states and the formation of transnational public-state systems.

As you can see, the plans to create a unified educational environment largely determine the goals of not only educational, but also cultural, scientific, economic integration of the states of the European region, and in the future - the construction of supranational states of a homogeneous type of management.

Russia's entry into the Bologna process is one of the elements of global influence on the domestic policy of the state and at the same time a factor in the transformation of the Russian education system.

In the processes of globalization, Russia's interests in the European region can be significantly opposed to similar interests of European states. Moreover, in the available statements, Russia's intentions by the end of the first decade of the 21st century. to become part of the common European system of higher education are bound by political barriers, in which equal partnership in this area can only be granted to the countries of the European Union.

On the way to a free educational space, Russia is experiencing a lot of obstacles, not only external, but internal. The problems lie in the search for an education reform model adequate to a certain historical moment, taking into account not only world processes, but also the interests of Russia's sustainable development in the short and long term.

The task of the national education system in modern conditions is to go through the transition period quickly, competently and efficiently, to equip Russian citizens with such fundamental and practical knowledge that they need not only today, but will also be required in the future.

The development of the education system in Russia is determined by the world trends of globalization. Socio-economic changes in the country that have taken place in the last 15 years have led to an internal crisis in the educational system.

Russia takes an active part in the creation of a unified international educational space. Since the 1990s, a broad modernization of the Russian education system has been carried out, aimed at its democratization and development "as an open state-public system."

The education system exists to realize the human right to education. Each person has a need for education, information, training. The activities of the education system are aimed at meeting this need. The composition of the education system of the Russian Federation is defined in Article 8 of the Law "On Education" (Fig. 1).

Rice. 1. Structural elements of the Russian education system

Strengthening the role of knowledge and information, their gradual transformation into fixed assets fundamentally change the role of educational institutions in the structure of social life in the modern world. In recent years, the ideas and concepts of the information society have moved from the sphere of socio-economic, socio-philosophical and sociological research into the sphere of national and international projects for the formation of the information society. In each of them the central place is occupied by the development of the sphere of education. The prospects for social development in the modern world fundamentally depend on the structure of the education system, educational institutions, their ability to meet the needs of the individual and society in high-quality educational services.

The Law of the Russian Federation "On Education" by the concept of "education system" combines the following objects: a set of interacting educational programs and educational standards, a network of institutions and organizations implementing them, as well as their management bodies. In this way, education system- this is a controlled network filled with meaningful (educational) activities, the educational process, regulated by programs, carriers of the content of education, organization, motivation of teachers and participants in the process, their interaction; the result of the interaction of individual parts of the infrastructure and the achievement of the goals of education.

The network of educational institutions is a set of diverse and interconnected forms, types and types of educational institutions that carry out educational activities based on educational programs and standards to meet the diverse needs of people and society as a whole in education. The network of educational institutions is an important characteristic of the education system. Its main properties include: the composition of educational institutions, their functional purpose, the way institutions are interconnected into a single whole.

The network of educational institutions of the Russian Federation is large-scale and qualitatively diverse. In the 2000/2004 academic year, 140.4 thousand educational institutions functioned in it, in which more than 5.7 million people worked and 33 million people studied. Thus, almost 39 million people currently work and study in educational institutions, which is more than a quarter of the entire population of Russia.

Separate areas of educational activity, depending on the age of consumers of educational services and the level of education provided, are an integral part of the structure of educational institutions, forming sectors, or subsystems, of education along the age and level verticals: for example, the sector of general secondary education, higher education, preschool education, additional education , primary vocational education. At the same time, lifelong education presupposes the interaction of a number of sectors, the existence of a system-forming factor that determines the existence of a single structure of such institutions. The problem of forming an integral structure of educational institutions in Russia is due to the need to maintain the main parameters and continuity in the educational process - from kindergarten to postgraduate retraining. Such interaction and continuity is an extremely complex task, and its solution depends on the joint efforts of governments at all levels.

Until the 90s. 20th century the structure of educational institutions developed in accordance with the goals and objectives of the planning and administrative system. So, in school education there were no socially active subjects of the humanitarian cycle, a foreign language was given in very limited “portions”, computer science was taught at an extremely low quality level, sometimes even without the use of technology, while in schools in developed countries three blocks of subject areas were taught: communicative (mother tongue, foreign languages, informatics); natural science (mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, etc.); social and humanitarian (economics, law, political science, sociology, history, social anthropology). The third subject block of knowledge was practically absent in the Soviet school, only recently it began to be introduced step by step into the Russian school (social science, fundamentals of economic knowledge). In general, in terms of its content, Russian education inherited from the Soviet one complete desocialization, it does not study the forms of human interaction (individual, group of individuals, separate communities, strata, society as a whole, world community).

An educational institution carries out the educational process, i.e. works on one or more educational programs, provides maintenance and education of students and pupils.

Educational institutions in their organizational and legal forms can be state, municipal, non-state (private, public and religious associations). The state status of an educational institution (type, type and category of an educational institution, determined in accordance with the level and direction of the educational programs it implements) is established upon its state accreditation.

The Civil Code of the Russian Federation classifies educational institutions as non-profit organizations, therefore their names should contain an indication of the nature of educational activities.

Depending on the implemented educational program, the following types of educational institutions are created:

– preschool;

– general education, which includes three stages: primary general, basic general, secondary (complete) general education;

– primary, secondary, higher and postgraduate professional education;

– additional adult education;

– additional education for children;

– special (correctional) for students, pupils with developmental disabilities;

– for orphans and children left without parental care (legal representatives);

– other institutions carrying out the educational process.

Species names institutions are determined in accordance with the levels of educational programs being implemented and areas of activity. So, preschool educational institution– type of educational institution working on educational programs of preschool education of various kinds. It provides education, training, supervision, care and rehabilitation of children aged from 2 months to 7 years. In accordance with this, preschool educational institutions are divided into the following types: kindergarten; a kindergarten of a general developmental type with the priority implementation of one or more areas of development of pupils (intellectual, artistic, aesthetic, physical); a compensatory type kindergarten with the priority implementation of a qualified correction of deviations in the physical and psychological development of pupils; kindergarten supervision and rehabilitation with priority implementation of sanitary-hygienic, preventive and health-improving measures and procedures; a kindergarten of a combined type (a composition of a combined kindergarten may include general developmental, compensatory and recreational groups in various combinations); child development center - a kindergarten with the implementation of physical and mental development, correction and rehabilitation of all pupils.

General educational institutions – institutions that carry out the educational process, i.e. implementing one or more educational programs and providing the maintenance and education of students and pupils. The following types of institutions are being created: primary general education school; basic comprehensive school; secondary school; secondary school with in-depth study of individual subjects (a specific subject may be indicated: a foreign language, chemistry, a physical and mathematical or humanitarian profile); lyceum; gymnasium; evening (shift) general education school; education Center; open (shift) general education school; cadet school.

General education boarding schools– institutions created to assist the family in raising children, shaping their skills for independent living, social protection and the comprehensive development of children's creative abilities. Such institutions mainly accept children in need of state support, including children from large and low-income families, children of single mothers who are under guardianship. This type of institution includes: a boarding school for primary education; boarding school of secondary (complete) general education; boarding school of secondary (complete) general education with in-depth study of individual subjects; boarding school; boarding school; sanatorium-forest school; sanatorium boarding school.

The main tasks of educational institutions for orphans and children left without parental care, – this is the creation of favorable conditions, close to home, contributing to the mental, emotional and physical development of pupils; ensuring their medical-psychological-pedagogical rehabilitation and social adaptation; protection of the rights and interests of pupils. Based on the individual characteristics of children (age, diagnosis of the disease), the following types of institutions can operate in the education system: orphanage (for children of early, preschool, school age, mixed); orphanage-school; boarding school for orphans and children left without parental care; sanatorium orphanage; a special (correctional) orphanage for orphans and children left without parental care with developmental disabilities; a special (correctional) boarding school for orphans and children left without parental care with developmental disabilities. In institutions of this type, the maintenance and education of pupils is carried out on the basis of full state support.

The nomenclature of educational institutions in Russia also includes such a type of institutions as special educational institution for children and adolescents with deviant (socially dangerous) behavior. The types of such institutions also depend on the age and health status of pupils: a special general education school; a special (correctional) general education school for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities; a special vocational school; special (correctional) vocational school for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.

The training of qualified specialists with secondary vocational education is carried out by educational institutions of secondary vocational education (secondary specialized educational institutions). These include: technical schools (colleges, schools); colleges; technical schools-enterprises. A distinctive feature of the college is that it provides an increased (compared to the technical school) level of students' qualifications. The technical school-enterprise conducts educational and professional training of students.

The third stage of professionalization - higher professional education - provides training and retraining of specialists of the appropriate level and satisfies the needs of the individual in deepening and expanding education on the basis of secondary (complete) general and secondary vocational education, which are carried out through training in higher educational institutions.

Institutions of higher professional education provide the needs of the individual in acquiring higher education and qualifications in the chosen field of professional activity. This type of institution is divided into: university- a higher educational institution whose activities are aimed at the development of education, science and culture by conducting fundamental scientific research and training at all levels of higher, postgraduate and additional education in a wide range of natural sciences, the humanities and other areas of science, technology and culture; academy; institute. academy, unlike the university, it trains highly qualified specialists and retrains leading specialists in a particular industry (mainly one of the areas of science, technology, culture). Institute is an independent institution of higher education or a structural subdivision of a university (academy), working on professional educational programs in a number of areas of science, technology and culture. At the same time, the structure of education is changing, attempts are being made to move away from the traditional 5-year course of study, dividing it into two stages - undergraduate and graduate.

The main form of training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel is postgraduate study on the basis of higher professional education. Persons who have received higher education are given the opportunity to receive postgraduate professional education to improve the level of education, scientific, pedagogical qualifications and obtain an academic degree. Postgraduate professional education can be obtained in postgraduate, residency, adjuncture programs created at educational institutions of higher professional education and scientific institutions.

Adult education has become an important direction in the work of educational institutions and will obviously develop into an independent service sector, which has its own organizational, theoretical, scientific and methodological features. In most developed countries, adult education functions as a special and rather independent structure. In recent years, distance education institutions have played an important role in adult education abroad. In Russia, for the time being, various educational institutions are engaged in the education and retraining of the adult population: evening schools, vocational schools, vocational training courses, correspondence and evening secondary specialized educational institutions; correspondence, evening and day universities; faculties and refresher courses.

Institutions of additional education for adults include, first of all, institutions of additional professional education - advanced training. The functional purpose of this type of institution is to increase the level of professional knowledge of specialists, improve their business qualities and prepare them to perform new labor functions. Based on the implemented educational programs (advanced training, internships, professional retraining), various types of institutions are being created: academies; sectoral, intersectoral and regional institutions for advanced training, institutions for improvement; advanced training courses (schools, centers); employment training centers.

main destination institutions of additional education for children - development of personal motivation, mainly at the age of 6 to 18 years, to knowledge and creativity, organization of meaningful leisure for children. The list of types of institutions belonging to this type is so large that they should be classified into enlarged groups: palaces, houses and centers of children's and youth creativity; stations for young technicians, tourists, naturalists; centers of additional education for children of traditional culture, folk crafts; schools for various types of arts; sports schools, including the Olympic reserve; clubs for young sailors, border guards, paratroopers, etc. In the 2003/2004 academic year, there were 8.7 thousand institutions of additional education for children in Russia, where 9 million children studied and 203.6 thousand adults worked.

In addition to educational institutions, the education system also includes a wide network of institutions that provide the educational process, the so-called other institutions. First of all, these are scientific and methodological centers, medical, psychological and pedagogical services, film and video libraries, centralized accounting departments, technical supervision services for the overhaul and construction of educational facilities, services for the maintenance of buildings.