Problems of legal regulation of after-hours activities in the law of the Russian Federation on education

The article raises the question of legal regulation of after-hours activities in Russian schools. It is defined that in the Federal Law “On Education”, the Federal State Educational Standards and a number of other normative acts, after-hours activities along with lesson activities are considered as a direction of the main educational program. A feature of after-hours activities is learners’ voluntary participation on the basis of individual choice. This principle is revised in the letters of the Ministry of Education and Science (Enlightenment) of the Russian Federation, which states learners’ mandatory participation in after-hours activities. The logic of these letters is understandable as after-hours activities with children affect the overall results of their education and upbringing at school. At the same time, it is shown by the example of an excursion that not every form of after-hours work is methodologically adapted to the contingent of inclusive educational institutions. The authors conclude that the current requirements of the Ministry of Enlightenment of the Russian Federation for organizing after-hours activities should be, firstly, enshrined in regulatory legal acts and, secondly, methodologically adapted to the conditions of ordinary, correctional and inclusive schools.