Communications in vocational education

Abstract

Introduction. The article considers vocational education in the aspect of the relationship between the educational organization, the real sectors of the economy and the state. Purpose setting. The objectives of the study are to identify the reasons for employers» dissatisfaction with the quality of training of graduates of educational organizations and to search for options for modernizing the system of vocational education by establishing a correspondence between the needs of business and industry.Methodology and methods of the study. The research methodology is based on a philosophical understanding of the main components of vocational education that are responsible for the quality of graduate training.Results. As a result of the analysis of the content and organizational components of education, it was revealed that the state policy of the Russian Federation dictates the need to modernize the system of vocational education in terms of establishing close ties (professional communications) between universities, business, industries and the state.Conclusion. It is noted that such communications should be considered as business communications, since this makes it possible to consider professional education in the context of an interdisciplinary approach, in which not only professional and applied, but also supra-professional competencies necessary for employers are formed. A list of academic disciplines is given that reveals certain aspects of communications from the economic, informational, technological and organizational side. It has been established that the most important task is to train managers who will develop certain technological projects and then implement them in the form of specific products, systems, services. The main problems, tasks, principles and mechanisms of training and retraining of personnel are identified, and possible results are presented. It is noted that educational programs should be built not only on in-depth fundamental training, but also on the interdisciplinarity of projects, the development of programs in agreement with enterprises, and the organization of training specialists using project- oriented technologies. It has been proved that focus on the real sectors of the economy, interaction with industry enterprises will make Russian education an important tool for the scientific and technological development of the country.