Modern State of a Home Education in Russia

Over the last 20 years, an education system in Russia has undergone significant changes. The changes led to the organization of new forms of training, for example, a home education, which at the same time has its own long enough history in Russian traditions.

Home education takes on special significance in a modern life, giving new opportunities of training and reflecting challenges in both Russian educational system and the society in whole.

For example such as:

• Dissatisfaction  with: a quality of education at different levels; an established system of relations inside of pre- and comprehensive institutions;

• Difficulty with realization of constitutional right of choice of training form, because of imperfection of legislative base;

• Challenges of combination of family culture and religious principles with those of formal education and so on.

However, for all obvious advantages, a home education is not means of solving all the problems as gives rise to new questions. In Russia these are: efficacy and completeness of children and adolescents (who received a family education) socialization and adaptation in adulthood; compliance of the level of education of upperclassmen, graduated home education, to the requirements of the state educational standard; the lack of the system of diagnostic, methodical and consulting help assistance.

They begin to raise like questions at the legislative level today.  Since September 1, 2013, a new Federal law «On education» entered into force, where they pay more attention to this form of training. Legislators reflected growing tendency to an increase in the number of families, who resort to the help of this form of education.

Under the circs the development of a home education in Russia and an increase in the number of families, practiced this method, become not only a private affair but also a social phenomenon, needed social analyze and comprehension.