DEVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN RUSSIA: BASIC CONTRADICTION
Introduction. The article studies the problem of devolution (from Latin devolutio - «curtailment») of the state system of skilled workers’ training. The purpose of the article is to show the dependence of this process on errors in the regulation and legislative sphere of vocational education. Materials and Methods. The research is based on a comprehensive (legal, economic, social) analysis of the law “On Education in the Russian Federation”, state program “Development of Education for 2013-2020”, as well as the standards of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Results. The result of the study is to establish the main contradiction of professional education in Russia, which consists in the discrepancy of the regulatory and legislative base between the needs of the economy for skilled workforce. The article shows the illegitimacy of abolishing the level of primary vocational education, the devolution of its potential against the backdrop of an increasing deficit of workforce has been statistically proved. Conclusions. The law “On Education in the Russian Federation” contains a legally imperfect formula for “equating” the level of the primary professional (РРЕ) with the level of secondary vocational education, which is mistakenly interpreted in by-laws as the abolition of РРЕ. This was the reason for the devolution of the state system of skilled workers training.