The development of the national system of secondary vocational education

The system of secondary vocational education has passed a difficult way of its development. The paper examines the history of vocational educational institutions of this country. Peter the Great and his associates attempted to guide the country along the European path of development through reforms, including reforms of upbringing and education. The established vocational schools were supposed to give students professional knowledge and skills to form a new class of skilled workers in the country. Further transformations carried out by the state in vocational education contributed to the development of real education. Gradually, a step system of vocational education was formed. This fact contributed to the allocation of secondary vocational education as an independent level of education at the end of the 19th century. In the middle of the 20th century secondary vocational education experienced an upsurge and began to become one of the mass directions of vocational education. The system of secondary vocational education was affected by significant changes at the end of the 20th century. New professions appeared. The regionalization of the system was focused on the labor market and the needs of the region's economy. Secondary vocational education is a powerful factor in improving the educational, cultural and technical level of young people today. It does not only ensure the acquisition of a specialty, but also creates conditions for further advancement of the individual in the educational system.