INSTITUTIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTRODUCTION OF THE DUAL FORM OF EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Generalized experience has convincingly shown that reforms have only a chance to succeed if they are based on a solid institutional basis. This also applies to the modernization of higher education, which has been going on since the country gained independence. One eloquent example is the attempt to extend the conceptual principles of dual education to higher education institutions. It would seem that it has been studied the practice of its application in Germany, approved the order of the Cabinet of Ministers "Concept of training specialists for the dual form of education" and stopped, as if there were no positive intentions and optimistic expectations. Realizing that the problem needs to be solved as soon as possible, the author set the goal of initiating a discussion, which will result in a way out of the impasse in which domestic higher education institutions has been currently. Our reflections are based on the belief that the educational process is accompanied by the formation, maintenance and improvement of relations between its participants and between higher education institutions and external stakeholders. These relations develop in three-dimensional space with the following coordinate vectors: institutional, organizational, legal and economic. The range of subjects and the motives that stimulate them to get involved in dual higher education projects are outlined. Particular attention is paid to employers, as they are, firstly, interested in strengthening their intellectual potential, and secondly, able to play the role of donors for relevant educational and professional programs. It is proposed not to apply to them the requirement of licensing and accreditation of educational activities, as it is not the main type of their economic activity. In the light of the experience of European countries, it is proposed to strengthen the influence of chambers of commerce on resolving issues related to the introduction of forms of dual education. Among them is the assessment of the conditions created by enterprises for the admission of students and participation in the evaluation of the implementation of dual educational programs results. Industrial clusters are important in this context, as they are concerned, in particular, with staff recruitment for participating companies.