disadvantages. As the reference sources point out, the dual system (from the Latin
“dualis” – double) is the leading form of profession preparation in Western European
countries, that encompasses vocation training at an enterprise (3-4 days a week) and
visits to a public vocational school (1-2 days per week) [10, p. 125].
Duality in profession education means a coherent interaction between the
educational and production spheres for the praparation of skilled personnel of a certain
profile within the defined forms of study. Features of the established European dual
system of education are as follows:
- conclusioning a 3-rd-party agreement on vocation education between the
enterprise, the applicant and the educational institution;
- restructuring of the schedule of the educational process in such a way that 70-
80% of the training time (3-4 days a week) the student could carry out on production;
- shifting off of main expenses for professional education to the enterprise. In this
way the employer pays the work of instructors-mentors; pays the scholarship, which is
on average 80% of the salary of a qualified specialist; cares about the material and
technical basis of vocational training;
- supporting from the state of the enterprise – a social partner receiving state
subsidies and a number of preferences;
- carrying out of the final control of graduates’ knowledge by independent
commissions of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Chamber of
Commerce [3, p. 69].
Take into account that within the dual system of education some changes are made
in the structure of the educational process in general and in the educational and
production activities in particular. First of all, this is a change in the ratio of the training
time to the theoretical and practical study of the teaching material. In this approach to
theoretical learning, only 30% is allocated, and 70% of the working time is allocated
to vocation training and production practice. During the practical block, the future
specialist can "try" the future sphere of activity and find out whether this direction is
suitable for him, and, if necessary, he/ she can adjust the specialization to the one which
is more in line with his/her needs [1].
Thus, the educational process is based on the block-and-modular structure, when
after the students mastering the base module in the education institution, it take place
alternate the theoretical (1-2 weeks) and practical modules and practice. the practice
realize upon on the basis of enterprise, institutions and organizations of the fixed social
partner within 4-8 weeks. There may be other ways of constructing the educational
process. For example, during a week, a student for 2 days is in an educational
institution, and 3-4 in the workplace. Or, they have a month of theoretical training and
a few months they do practice. However, the relation between the volume of theoretical
and practical training remains the same. For their part, during practice, students write
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