Private Educational Organizations in Russia: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

The article suggests the author's position, revealing the prospects for the development of private educational organizations in the Russian educational space. Special attention is paid to the attitude of the state to the private educational sector. The analysis of the reasons hindering the development of private general education in the territory of the Russian state is made. The positive and negative aspects of private general education in comparison with public education are revealed. The problems of private schools in the regions of the country have been identified. The methods used in the work made it possible to realize the stated goal, in particular: empirical; general scientific and concrete scientific methods; historical-legal and comparative-legal method. As a result of the study, the reasons hindering the development of private general education in Russia are identified. These include: unequal conditions for the activities of public and private educational organizations, including in terms of material and technical support and digitalization of the educational process; lack of business interest in investing in private education; problems with renting premises and high rents for private general education organizations; shortage of qualified teachers; low incomes of the population and high cost of education in private general education schools. The conclusions made in the course of the study allow us to formulate proposals aimed at changing the current situation in the field of Russian private general education