Abstract
The article describes the targeted admission in the system of higher agricultural education in Russia as an institutional mechanism for the reproduction of the personnel potential of the country’s agro-industrial complex. The problem of reproduction of specialists in the agrarian sector has a deep contradiction and is characteristic not only for Russia or its individual regions, but at the global level. The empirical part of the study was carried out by the method of statistical analysis of data on the quality of targeted admission in the system of higher agricultural education in Russia in 2020. The article contains the characteristic of targeted admission in the system of agricultural education as an institutional mechanism for the reproduction of the personnel potential of the industry: all agricultural universities comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, carrying out the admission of applicants for targeted training; customers are local authorities, state authorities of the regions, state enterprises; employers are mainly business entities of the agro-industrial complex; for the period 2018-2020 the admission of applicants to targeted training in agricultural universities decreased by 37.4% due to the reduction in the targeted figures for general admission and low interest of applicants; for training programs for highly qualified personnel, the quotas for the study period were filled from 12.5% to 22.5%. Conclusion: the targeted method in the system of higher agricultural education of the Russian Federation as an institutional mechanism does not fulfil the assigned tasks and requires improvement.
Highlights
The problem of reproduction of specialists in the agrarian sphere has a deep contradiction and is characteristic for Russia or its individual regions, and on a global scale
The institutional mechanism for organizing and implementing targeted training in educational programs of higher education is regulated by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 21, 2019
The share of targeted admission in total admission to universities subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in 2020 was 4.1%, in 2019 – 2.0%, in 2018 – 2.8%
Summary
The problem of reproduction of specialists in the agrarian sphere has a deep contradiction and is characteristic for Russia or its individual regions, and on a global scale. The issues of the direction and scaling of the reproduction process of social and professional groups, in particular of agricultural specialists, are especially aggravated during the period of significant social, economic, industrial and technological transformations Such transformations include the introduction of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, the uncertainty of socio-economic transformations, increasing technological and environmental risks in agricultural production, and others. Specialists of agricultural enterprises (agronomists, veterinarians, livestock specialists, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, economists, accountants) are a special social and professional group in the rural community It has a higher level of education in comparison with the general values of the population in rural areas; traditionally high social status and influence on public opinion on key social, economic, and political issues of our time. The social and professional group of specialists from agricultural enterprises can be attributed to one of the key stakeholders in rural areas, the reproduction of which should meet the national interests of territorial and food security, both in individual regions and in Russia as a whole
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