The policy of proletarisation of education based on the example of educational institutions of Moscow department of professional education

Abstract

The article considers the process of proletarisation of secondary and lower vocational schools and their results. Certain methods of forming the social composition of students are highlighted and described n the example of admission campaigns to educational institutions of Moscow department of professional education. Concrete examples show the adoption of the principle of class selection for admission to technical schools, factory schools, and professional schools. The representatives of working and peasant youth took advantage of enrolling them to educational institutions. The features of the principle of sending students to educational institutions as a way to improve the social composition of students are revealed. Travel orders were issued by regional and local Communist Party and professional organisations. The presence of travel order increased the opportunity of admission, although that did not guarantee it. The article also shows the role of ideological upbringing of students in the context of the policy of proletarisation. Political and educational activities were carried out within the framework of teaching a course in social studies, extracurricular class activities, as well as the efforts of representatives of the Russian Communist Youth Union. In the course of the study the materials of reports on admission campaigns to vocational and technical educational institutions in Moscow and Moscow Province were analysed. In conclusion we note the progress in formation of the composition of students from the position of class selection.