For example, HR structures in large organizations (public and private) were burdened by the fact that bachelors and masters began to be considered young specialists. Moreover, many prestigious employers did not consider bachelors as young specialists ready for independent work," the expert explains.
However, the goals of implementing the Bologna system were not achieved - it turned out that the recognition or non-recognition of Russian diplomas abroad depends on the political will of the ruling regimes there and the requirements of foreign labor markets, and not at all on the quality of education, Gafurov emphasizes. In such a situation, there is simply no longer any need to adhere to the Bologna model.
Moreover, the very idea of creating a single, universal model covering all types of human activity – from cultural studies to medicine, from engineering to international finance, from nuclear physics to psychology – is extremely complex and labor-intensive. And in general, the need for such unification of different specialties is not entirely obvious, the expert believes.
"The development of many skills and competencies necessary india mobile database for independent work in students was interrupted after four years of study, which made the work of teachers extremely difficult. Now basic higher education programs will be flexible," says Gafurov.
In turn, Petr Tazov, senior lecturer at the Marketing Department of the State University of Management (SUM) and the Sociology Department of the Moscow State Pedagogical University (MPGU), adds: although the transition to the new system is due to the Russian Federation’s withdrawal from the Bologna system, all diplomas received within the framework of the latter will certainly be valid.
Despite the changes in the work of Russian universities, their previous three-tier system will remain: basic (previously bachelor's degree), specialized higher (previously master's degree) and professional (postgraduate) education, Tazov said in an interview with RIA MO. However, the terms of study will change, which will be established by universities independently (at the moment, this is happening within the framework of a pilot project).
"The advantages, first of all, concern the possibility of entering a more flexible system of forming programs and training periods. This is 4-6 years depending on the field of study within the framework of basic higher education and 1-3 years within the framework of specialized higher education," the expert says.
At the same time, the duration of educational programs under the new rules will be formed by universities based on their own ideas about their complexity and the requirements for the specialists being graduated. This will significantly expand the possibilities of universities in terms of reformatting old and opening new programs, as well as combining different specialties into one (for example, programmer-marketer), Tazov believes.
In addition, this will allow a transition to a flexible approach when applicants form their own educational trajectory, which was impossible under the “rigid” Bologna system, within which a popular educational trajectory allowed one to obtain two specialties (one after completing a bachelor’s degree, the other after a master’s degree). At the same time, in the new system of higher education it is possible to obtain three specialties within one program.
“Entering the stage of forming new ‘hybrid’ and long-term educational programs of basic higher education will allow universities to ‘shake up’ old programs and give impetus to forming new ones that meet the spirit of the times,” predicts Tazov.
At the same time, specialized education will allow students to deepen their knowledge within the framework of the old specialization or to obtain a new one. Djomart Aliyev also agrees that these changes can only be welcomed. However, according to the expert, it should be understood that such a transformation will affect many other aspects of higher education - from the fate of the Unified State Exam to changes in the Federal State Educational Standard. And it is important that decisions on the upcoming changes are not made at the last moment - so that universities can adapt to them in a calm working mode, he concludes.