HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM: FACTORS IN THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE LABOR MARKET

The article deals with the problems of young people’s integration into the labor market. Modern conditions such as the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have put a huge number of young people on the verge of survival all over the world. Not all countries have managed to maintain stable people employment of different age groups and especially young people in recent years. The unemployment rate has increased sharply in some countries. The aim of the study is to analyze the systems of higher professional education in different countries, which contributes to the clarification of the nature of training and employment of young people. Firstly, we emphasize the role of demographic factors and economic growth. Secondly, we consider the differences in the organization and functioning of higher professional education and training policies as an important factor in young people’s integration into the labor market. Secondly, we concern differences in the organization and functioning of higher education and training policies in some countries as factor in young people`s integration into the labor market. Thirdly, we study the effectiveness of applying the elements of the dual system of education in higher education institutions of the Samara region, based on strengthening the practical orientation of professional training of students — bachelors, masters. The study used a comprehensive analysis that includes socio-demographic, socio-gerontological, statisticaleconomic, sociological, and socio-psychological approaches. The results indicate that higher professional education systems should combine educational systems with the needs of employers to adapt the system of training at the universities to the changing needs of the labor market; the educational and methodological elements of the dual training system, included in the relevant context of bachelor’s and master’s training, have confirmed their effectiveness.

higher professional education, professional training, young people, labor market, integration in the labor market, dual training system, professional training of students, employment, demographic factor, labor market institutions.

Lapshova E. S., Kosharskaya E. V., Lapshova Ya. O. Higher professional education and dual training system: factors in the successful integration of young people into the labor market. Business. Education. Law, 2021, no. 3, pp. 406—410. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2021.56.332.