Региональные аспекты современной государственной политики в сфере среднего профессионального образования (на примере Иркутской области)

Abstract

The issues of implementation of the state policy in the field of secondary vocational education at the regional level are considered. The changes in the educational priorities of Russian youth concerned the growing popularity among young people of secondary vocational education are described. The phenomenon of the growing popularity of vocational education in different countries is described. The so-called “effect of vocational education” is analyzed, which manifests itself in removing obstacles in the process of transition of young people from educational process to the labor market, finding effective mechanisms for this transition. It is revealed that the issues of transformation of secondary vocational education are actively studied by Russian scientists. The activity of scientific centers (the Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Federal Institute for Educational Development of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) is described. In the article the main directions of the federal policy in the field of upper-grade vocational education investigating this issue are analyzed. Separate stages in the implementation of this policy are highlighted. It`s considered the specifics of the implementation of federal policy at the regional level. The implementation of the regional policy in the field of upper-grade vocational education was described using the example of the Irkutsk region.