MODERN APPROACHES TO PROVIDING THE CONTINUITY OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

In article the current state of system of continuous education is analyzed. One of the most important directions of further modernization of a domestic education system is formation of conditions of development of continuous professional education. In the concept of modernization of Russian education such priority directions are designated: transition to continuous education, education improvement of quality, ensuring innovative appeal, modernization of educational programs, development of infrastructure and the organizational and economic mechanisms providing equal availability of educational services, reforming of all education levels. The economy of modern Russia entered a stage of post-industrial development. An important factor of social and economic development in post-industrial society is constantly updated knowledge. In modern conditions of one of the main objectives of education consists in its ability to generate demand for new knowledge. Therefore educational process in modern conditions has to be continuous. Formation of system of continuous education is caused by need of ensuring sustainable social and economic development of modern Russian society and fuller satisfaction of needs for formation of a general population. The multilevel continuous education arising in Russia is variable. It allows to receive trained preprofessional, vocational and postgraduate training. A basis of the content of education are the professional educational programs having continuity at the heart of which the system of knowledge, abilities, skills, lines of creative activity, world outlook and behavioural qualities of the personality which are caused by requirements of economy, developments of the personality and interests of society is put.