Неформальна та дуальна освіта в Україні

Abstract

The article substantiates the process of implementation and recognition of the education, which provides educational process outside the formal education system in Ukraine. It is shown that, along with formal education, knowledge and relevant qualifications can be acquired through non-formal and informal education. These types of education become significant nowadays due to the dynamics of market needs, which often require promptly changing of professional qualification. The authors of the article present the measures taken by the Government of Ukraine, which are aimed at the development of the new educational paradigm in the country, including: the development of relevant normative documents, the formation of the register of qualifications, and the establishment of the network of qualification centers, which will assign professional qualifications outside formal educational institutions. They present the definitions of the concepts of formal education, non-formal education, informal education, educational qualification, professional qualification, and competence in accordance with their interpretation specified in the regulations of the Government of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the current state and the perspectives in the development of dual form of education in Ukraine. Based on the experience of Germany and other European countries, the authors substantiate the relevancy and feasibility of dual education in Ukraine. They demonstrate as the examples of successful implementation of dual education the cases of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute named after Igor Sikorskyˮ and the University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. The advantages and disadvantages of the dual form of education are described. The main reasons for the low rate of implementation of these types of education in Ukraine are indicated. Keywords: education, non-formal education, dual education, qualification, competency.