To the Topic of the Possibilities of Developing the Vocational Education System During a Pandemic

Abstract

The situation with the emergence of COVID-19 has made significant changes in the globalization process. The pandemic has caused problems of social and economic nature in most countries of the world, where the introduction of restrictive measures leads to more negative consequences in various sectors of the economy. In the current conditions, an important task for the government is to identify new opportunities for social and economic development, the choice of strategy and tactics for promising directions of the national economy. The current situation, when the countries' economies become similar to a closed system, makes it possible to check the stability of the economic system and its subsystems, to identify new ones or to reconsider the attitude towards the available development resources. One such resource is the vocational education system. The article examines the possibilities of social and economic development of Russia in the context of a pandemic based on the accumulated human potential, which has particular importance for the functioning society. During a pandemic, the innovations in the vocational education system have great importance: digitalization of the educational system, the use of innovative learning technologies such as distance learning technologies, e-learning, etc. The article provides statistics and the place of Russia in world rankings demonstrating the state of accumulated human capital, the existing opportunities identified for the future development of the vocational education system as one of the development drivers. Innovations in the vocational education system require careful study, analysis, adaptation since any innovations have a different impact (both negative and positive).