Education, Educational Orientations and Vocational Training of Ukrainian Young People Against the Background of European Integration: Statistical and Sociological Dimensions

The article highlights one of the key problems of the interaction between education and the labour market – the current development of educational orientation and vocational training of young people in the context of nowadays trends in the development of the youth segment of the labour market in Ukraine. The issue is highlighted in the context of statistical and individual sociological measures in this area. The purpose of the study is to provide a statistical description of many different aspects of this process, reflecting the closest possible real picture of the current state and development of this educational field. On the basis of available statistics, empirical sociological studies on this issue, its sides were described as: general situational aspects and their tendencies; quantitative dynamics of development of educational institutions and subjects of educational activity; access to and coverage of education, its attractiveness and motivational aspects; professional preferences, youth satisfaction with education and employment prospects; interests and plans of young people for career development; problems of vocational education, educational migration. There was given a particular assessment of the features of the vocational education development in the context of the main problems. Based on this statistical and sociological description, there was drawn a conclusion on the situation in the field of vocational education in Ukraine, with the main problem of which being the low level of socio-economic development of Ukraine, which significantly influences the process of interpenetration of life goals, professional prospects of young people, on the one hand, and a transformative educational and professional system, on the other