responsibility for failure
According to the draft government decree, published On the portal of the draft of regulatory legal acts, several new clauses on the agreement of the parties will appear in their contracts, if students entered universities in a targeted way, and a potential employer pays for their education.
For example, the client of the training will be able to identify the requirements for the student’s advancement in the disciplines, modules and practices required to master the profession. It will also determine which courses the student will study and the client will decide “based on the results of at least two midterm assessments” that the student does not meet the performance requirements.
If a student is unable to cope with the training, it is recommended that this be considered as a “ground for termination” or a “reduction of support measures”. As Vedomosti clarifies, a potential employer will be able to reduce funding for “salaries, payment for board or apartment rental, payment for additional training programs.”
However, the training client cannot immediately break the contract. They want to compel him to help raise the student’s grades “including paying for additional educational services.” If the student’s performance doesn’t improve even then, the potential employer will be able to terminate the contract and the unlucky student will have to reimburse him for tuition costs.
The document states that the new rules should apply to “e-learning” and “distance education technologies”.
The Ministry of Science and Science proposed that these changes be made on the government decree “On targeted training in secondary vocational and higher education educational programs” of 13 October 2020.
And they should go into effect as early as September 1, 2023. The changes will take effect until January 1, 2029.
Russian President Vladimir Putin to change the legislation, where the client can set his requirements for academic performance in the contract instructed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on October 7, 2021. The head of state also set a deadline for the development of innovations – March 1, 2022.
expert opinion
Ekaterina Altabayeva, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Science, Education and Culture of the Federation Council, told socialbites.ca that the idea of the change is “understandable”, because “I want the organization or legal entity that entered into an agreement with the future. student to trust a good specialist.”
“But a good expert cannot be created by coercive methods. For the vast majority of contract signers, the aim is to get a good education and to realize themselves professionally as soon as possible in the field they love and are interested in. But a person may have different conditions. I think this idea requires a lot of deep study,” says Altabayeva.
According to him, certain obligations should be assigned to “the party that has some contractually preferential choice in obtaining higher education”, for example, state-funded places and compulsory employment.
“But at the same time, little tutelage in the form of periodic monitoring of grades may be unnecessary. It is important for a person to comply with the requirements in order to receive an education. Especially when writing a term paper and thesis. Some intermediate forms can be included in the terms of the contract, but as a rule, minor custody is not very effective. A person may have different life circumstances, different disciplines, different opportunities to master a particular discipline. Therefore, it is very individual, ”the senator assured.
He doesn’t know “whether a strict standard with constant monitoring will be effective”. Altabayeva is confident that the Ministry of Education and Science will work through the details of the innovations “in consultation with both higher education institutions and the student body.”
“To conclude whether the ministry has done everything, you have to look at the final document. Not yet, just an idea. We always hope that the executive authorities will show maximum balance, appropriateness and professionalism in this approach.”
Viktor Panin, head of the All-Russian Association for the Protection of Citizens’ Rights in the Field of Education, a member of the expert council under the government of the Russian Federation, told Vedomosti that the problem of the quality of education among students is very intelligent.
“Targeted students enter universities based on their own competition, where passing scores are significantly lower than other candidates and are often careless to learn,” he said.
The expert noted that the requirements for such students should be tightened. He also disliked the clause in the government’s draft decree requiring a potential employer to try to improve a student’s grades first.
“It turns out that the target students are doing poorly, but we will not expel them, but we will compel employers to pay more,” Panin said, evaluating this approach as a leverage on the education client.
And Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Head of the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University, believes that “it is easier to look for specialists in the labor market by choosing the best” than to finance the education of the negligent. students.
He also suggested that it is more profitable for potential employers to conclude contracts with young people who pass the Unified State Examination with high scores, or with young people who do not have a bachelor’s degree, but already have a master’s degree.
Source: Gazeta
