Educational and methodical association on education in the sphere of service and tourism: genesis, structure and main tasks

The article analyzes the activities of the Educational and Methodical Association of High schools of service and tourism in the Russian Federation. The article presents the genesis and analysis of the main stages of the Educa- tional and Methodical Association (EMA) in service and tourism from its foundation - from 1988 to 2015. Special attention is paid to the Federal Educational and Methodical Association in the system of vocational education in the integrated group of professions and specialties of 43.00.00 “Service and tourism”. This Association was created by the order № 1115 of the Ministry of education and science on the 7th of October 2015 and was included in the structure of the EMA in the field of service and tourism until 2015. 42 Federal educational organizations in the system of secondary vocational education, including the Federal Educational and Methodical Association (FEMA) in the system of vocational education in the integrated group of professions and specialties of 43.00.00 “Service and tourism” were established by the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation for the execution of the order No. 349- р "On approval of complex measures aimed at improving the system of vocational education for 2015-2020" of the Government of the Russian Federation dating from the 3rd of March 2015 and in accordance with the part 2 of the article 19 of the Federal law No. 273- ФЗ dating from the 29th of December 2012 "On educa- tion in the Russian Federation". The purpose of creating FEMA in the system in the system of secondary vocational education was the increased participation of pedagogical and scientific workers, representatives of employers in the development of Federal state educational standards, exemplary educational programs, coordination of orga- nizations engaged in educational activity on educational programs of secondary vocational education, in ensuring the quality and content of vocational education. The article provides an analysis of the activities of the Federal Educational and Methodical Association in the system of secondary professional education in the integrated group of professions and specialties of 43.00.00 “Service and tourism” and main tasks of the FEMA in the near future.