PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL (VOCATIONAL) EDUCATION IN WAR AND POST-WAR TIMES

Abstract

The article outlines the current problems of the development of professional (vocational) education caused by the war-time situation in Ukraine. These hurdles can be defined as follows: problems related to migration processes among students and teachers in professional (vocational) education institutions, material support, and educational process organization.The authors analyze analytical data on the dynamics of the student and teacher body in professional (vocational) education institutions. The analysis reveals a 3.5-fold reduction in the number of students as compared to pre-war indicators. There is also a constant trend of decreasing the number of teaching staff. Among the causes of the described situation there is a lack of motivation for professional retraining and a low level of professional mobility. Based on the analytical data, we create a map of destroyed/damaged professional (vocational) education institutions. The paper also outlines the main problems of e-learning process organization in wartime.Following the results of the analytical research, we define the conditions for overcoming the current problems of the development of professional (vocational) education: systemic state support; restoration of the system of professional (vocational) education and creation of an effective network of educational institutions; its reorientation to the needs of the wartime economy; ensuring the content and quality of education to meet the modern requirements and needs of the labor market; creation of safe conditions for learning and teaching; provision of psychological support for all participants in the educational process; stimulating and encouraging the implementation of non-linear trajectories of professional development for teachers taking into account the current situation based on the potential of higher, non-formal and informal education.
 Keywords: professional (vocational) education; challenges of wartime; student body; education seekers; educational analytics; shortage of personnel; teaching staff; map of the destruction of educational institutions; discriminatory conditions of obtaining education; strategic development directions.