The modern education system in Russia

Abstract

The article deals with the role of a modern teacher of higher education. The emphasis is on changing the approach to the process of obtaining and transferring information, including modern communication technologies and the Internet. The article defines the role and functions of the state and civil society in ensuring national interests through the formation of a high-quality and affordable higher education system in the Russian Federation that meets the modern challenges. Goals. Exchange of pedagogical experience and the possibility of its application taking into account local specifics. Methods. Based on experience in scientific, pedagogical and economic activities, using examples of administrative and other regulation of the education sector, the authors focus on the problems in the field of higher education, including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. They offer the ways to solve these problems taking into consideration the examples of their own practice as well as Russian, Soviet and world experience. Results. The education system is always sensitive and responsive to changes in society. Following the development of human, industrial, and economic relations, the educational system of relations is developed as well. Thanks to the perfection of modern information and communication technologies, new opportunities for teacher-student interaction appear allowing not only to expand the scope of joint activities, but also to make the learning process to be more individualized. At the same time, if the modern generation does not understand the fundamental role of knowledge that a teacher can give, so the speculative, marketing, and other technologies for studying and influencing mass behavior and consciousness can suppress the will and conscience of a person and deprive him free choice in the future. Conclusions. The quality of human resources, as an important component of the productive forces of society, determines sustainable growth and the development of the socio-economic model. It is necessary to increase an attention to the training of highly professional specialists, citizens and patriots, to educating a generation of future builders of a new prosperous Russia.