Implementing a Dual Education System at the Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises (Example of «Metinvest» LLC)

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying the dual education system at the mining and metallurgical enterprises (on the example of «Metinvest» LLC), highlighting the main trends and significance. As a result of the study, the process of introduction of dual education on the territory of Ukraine is considered, the main advantages of obtaining the dual form of education (ODFE) are determined. The main aspects of carrying out the large-scale pilot project on training specialists in the dual form of education with the support of the Foundation named after Frederick Ebert and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine are highlighted. The list of enterprises participating in the pilot project on the implementation of ODFE in Ukraine is analyzed, comprised of the employers conducting various types of economic activity and representing almost all regions of our country. In particular, these are enterprises of various forms of ownership, design bureaus, banks, enterprises of food industry, machine-building, agriculture, energy, transport, metallurgy, IT sector, etc. It is noted that metallurgical enterprises subordinated to «Metinvest Holding» LLC were among the first to take the initiative to introduce a dual system. The actions of the principal partner of «Metinvest Holding» LLC, the State Higher Educational Institution of the Azov State Technical University, on the implementation of the ODFE on the territory of Ukraine, are indicated and determined. The activities of «Metinvest Politekhnika», a non-governmental mining and metallurgical university, and its impact on the development of the dual education system in Ukraine are researched.

Keywords

• dual education
• dual system
• higher education institutions
• metallurgy
• training