SECURITY COMPONENT IN THE STRUCTURE OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPLICANTS BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33269/2618-0065-2021-4(10)-5-21Keywords:
state security, human security, societal security, national security, security competence, higher education, state administration, public administration, public management, competence, professional trainingAbstract
The article presents the results of a study related to the current state of security educational component in the program of professional training for higher education applicants by the specialty 281 Public Administration (on Master program example) in Ukraine. The author focuses on a crucial need for targeted professional training of government officials competent in the national security issues. The process of developing the specialty Public Administration in the Field of National Security within the field of study 1501 Public administration in 2002-2015 is considered. The selective analysis of Master program in Public Administration is conducted for some higher education institutions to look through availability of courses (both mandatory and elective) aimed at developing of students’ security competence. We propose some recommendations on the list of special (professional, subject) competencies for higher education applicants by Master program in Public Administration in the Field of National Security, as well as the list of mandatory components of the relevant program. Our conclusions are as follows: the inclusion of courses on the national security and public administration in this sphere for Master in Public Administration by the higher education institutions is fragmentary, due to which the security component in these educational programs is blurred; lack of the governmentally funded Master program in 256 National Security, and Master program in Public Administration in the Field of National Security within 281 Public Administration indicate lack of a complex approach to addressing the problems of professional training of managerial staff for the national security sphere. We substantiate the proposal to develop and implement the Master program in Public Administration in the Field of National Security within 281 Public Administration, with its financing from the state budget.
