EXTRAMURAL TRAINING AT THE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE RF INTERIOR MINISTRY SYSTEM: THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

A significant proportion of students of educational institutions of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs (the RF Interior Ministry) are students of the correspondence courses. Moreover, there is practically no relevant sociological understanding in the literature of the conditions to implement the educational process with their participation. In this regard, the authors set a goal - based on studying the public opinion of students and teaching staff, to conduct a sociological analysis of the conditions of the educational process implemented in the educational organization of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in correspondence form. The students and teachers of the Far-Eastern Law Institute of the RF Interior Ministry were the subjects of the research. A combination of quantitative and qualitative (focus group interviews) sociological surveys used in the paper ensured the results’ reliability. The authors conclude that the main cause for entering an educational organization of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is an opportunity to obtain a legal education. The interviewed students consider the practical, law enforcement orientation of the education received and the discipline and strictness of the educational process implementation as the main substantive advantages of education at the Institute. The respondents see the difficulties of the educational process, first of all, in the insufficient amount of time for the examination period, i.e., face-to-face interaction with lecturers. In a separate block, the authors describe the state and the prospects of extramural education using distance learning technologies: the paper shows the dualism of perception of such technologies by the teaching staff and students, determines the relations between the training level of the respondents and the assessments of these prospects and reveals the altruistic moods of lecturers regarding the possible full transfer of distance education on the remote form.