DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAS A FACTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY

Abstract

The development of a high-quality and competitive system of vocational education (VET) is an important factor in ensuring national security, which focuses the development of the VET system on the compliance of the scope and areas of training of workers to the needs of the economy and labour market; financing of vocational education with the participation of employers and investing in the training of highly skilled workers. The relevance of the development of vocational education in Ukraine as a factor of national security is further growing in the context of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, as it concerns the ability and readiness of graduates of vocational education to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and work in the defence industry. The purpose of the article is to analyse the development of vocational education in terms of strengthening national security, preparing graduates to perform responsibilities for national security and organizing the activities of vocational education institutions on the basis of public-private partnership.