ДЕРЖАВНА ПОЛІТИКА В СФЕРІ ПАТРІОТИЧНОГО ВИХОВАННЯ

Abstract

The article proves the need to cultivate patriotism through public policy, especially in modern wartime Ukraine. A successful path to victory is possible if public policy promotes the development of a system of national and patriotic education. We believe that in the conditions of modern development the idea of patriotism should be the core around which high ideological positions are formed, as well as the aspirations, readiness and ability of all people to actively work for the benefit of the homeland. It is proved that the target audience of the main document, which sets out the directions of state policy on patriotic education are young people, and such segments of the population as persons over 35 years of age, which make up 61.1 percent of the population are not involved. Based on a total population of 41.1 million at the beginning of 2022, measures aimed at promoting Ukrainian youth NGOs banned and persecuted by the occupation and Soviet regimes, including the Ukrainian Plast movement (Plast) and the Scout movement, Unions of Ukrainian youth that have survived abroad and resumed their activities in Ukraine with independence should be covered in 2022, only 0.7 percent of the population, which in our opinion is very small, given that the percentage of young people aged 15 to 35 is 24.7 percent. The planned level of youth coverage of measures aimed at increasing the number of young people ready to fulfill the duty to protect the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine is quite low. Calculations show that out of the total number of young people (10.1 million people), only 239.6 thousand people will join the relevant activities. On average, 19.9 thousand people per month and 163 people per territorial community. It is determined that the influence of the state on the process of patriotic education is the use of appropriate mechanisms that contribute to achieving its goals. State mechanisms are closely linked and complementary, and their integrated use contributes to the main goal of public policy. The direction of patriotic educational state policy should be based on the fact that it is primarily national. We see future research on the essence of directions and mechanisms of state policy in the development of patriotic education of all segments of society and not only young people.