EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL ORIENTATIONS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF UKRAINIAN YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: STATISTICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS

• Main Author: Evgen Siryy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts 2020-05-01
• Series: Міжнародні відносини: теоретико-практичні аспекти
• Subjects: професійна освіта; ринок зайнятості; статистичні та соціологічні показники
• Online Access: http://international-relations.knukim.edu.ua/article/view/203718

The article  highlights one of the key problems  of  the interaction  between education   and   the   labour   market   –   the   current   development   of   educational orientation and vocational training of young people in the context of nowadays trends in the development of the youth segment of the labour market in Ukraine. The issue is highlighted in the context of statistical and individual sociological measures in this area. The purpose of the study is to provide a statistical description of many different aspects of this process, reflecting the closest possible real picture of the current state and  development  of  this  educational  field.  On  the  basis  of  available  statistics, empirical sociological studies on this issue, its sides were described as: general situational  aspects  and  their  tendencies;  quantitative  dynamics  of  development of educational institutions and subjects of educational activity; access to and coverage of education, its attractiveness and motivational aspects; professional preferences, youth satisfaction  with education and  employment  prospects;  interests  and plans of young   people   for   career   development;   problems   of   vocational   education, educational migration. There was given a particular assessment of the features of the vocational education development in the context of the main problems. Based on this statistical and sociological description, there was drawn a conclusion on the situation in the field of vocational education in Ukraine, with the main problem of which being the   low   level   of   socio-economic   development   of   Ukraine,   which   significantly influences  the  process  of  interpenetration  of  life  goals,  professional  prospects of young people, on the one hand, and a transformative educational and professional system, on the other.