Challenges in integrating non-formal education into the system of further vocational training

This paper analyzes the challenges of the modern educational environment related to the inclusion of non-formal education. The author considers the role and importance of further training for teachers designed to resolve the contradiction and major challenges related to integrating non-formal education into the system of advanced training for adults. The author considers the following challenges: failure to use the potential of non-formal education as a response to changing environment; lack of clear terminology and methodical, methodological, technological basis for a complete implementation of non-formal education in further training of teachers; organizational problems in implementing non-formal education in further training of teachers; lack of a clear mechanism to include non-formal education in the structure of traditional further training of teachers and ways to integrate formal, non-formal and informal education. Meanwhile, non-formal education is actively developing overseas relevance, which is reflected in materials and documents defining the state education policy...