Physical education in higher education institutions of the Russian Federation: state and problems

Currently, a person who does not pay due attention to physical culture has a sharp lack of physical activity in life. It is especially topical at the stages of a person’s student life, when the foundation of socio-psychological and physical qualities is laid. Today, it is inevitable that the system of physical education is far from ideal. At all educational levels of physical education in the Russian Federation, there are shortcomings that prevent the maintenance and improvement of the quality of education of a healthy new generation. Physical culture, as an academic discipline, by virtue of its features, requires special qualities from the student, which can be developed in the course of a systematic lesson on the student’s curriculum. However, at the present stage, there is a negative tendency to replace physical culture, as a necessity for the harmonious development of the human body and personality, with the compulsory duty of an educational institution [5, p. 108]. The main purpose of the research of this article is to identify the problems of physical education in higher education institutions of the Russian Federation and to determine the main conditions for its development at the present stage.