[The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vocational education in Russia and foreign countries].

ABSTRACT

The article is devoted to the study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sphere of higher education in conditions of limited attendance of educational institutions, the transition to a new format of education and the search for solutions in response to the challenges of the education system in a critical situation. In the context of the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection, the pandemic has had the greatest impact on the field of education (including vocational) on a global scale. However, this area, despite a number of certain problems, has become one one of the few industries that turned out to be prepared to transfer most of their processes online. Currently, national governments, international organizations and research centers are conducting research on the problems of the education system common to most States that arise on the way to the transition to the digital format of education. Study of the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 in the field of higher education was conducted based on the results of a report by the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation, the National Training Foundation and a VTSIOM survey in June 2020.