Statistical study of regional differences in the educational potential of the population

Purpose: of the presented research is to characterize the educational potential of the population based on an integrated assessment of educational activities and the material, technical and information base of education in the subjects of the Russian Federation.

Methods: the work used tabular and graphical methods of data representation, grouping, methods for calculating integral indicators, as well as the method of correlation and regression analysis.

Results: the article examines the concept of the "educational potential" and systematizes it’s defining indicators. The characteristics of the main target indicators characterizing educational activities and the material, technical and information base of education in the subjects of Russia are given. The authors present the integral indicators characterizing educational activities and the material, technical and information base of education. On the basis of the integral indicator characterizing educational activity and determining the indicator of educational performance – the share of the employed population aged 15 years and older with higher education in the total number of employed population, the regression model is constructed. According to the results of the comparison of the integral indicators characterizing educational activities and the material, technical and information base of education in the regions of Russia, the leading and lagging subjects were identified. According to these indicators, the multidimensional grouping has been developed that characterizes the lag of subjects from the national average based on the values of the generalizing indicators.

Conclusions and Relevance: the compiled ratings of the subjects of the Russian Federation on the integral assessment of the educational potential of the population can become the basis for the development of differentiated measures aimed at stimulating the development of education, as well as for evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of relevant regional programs. The study of the Index of Educational activity and the index of the material, technical and information base of education will allow us to identify problem regions according to certain characteristics of education, since they can affect certain elements of the field of education. This will enable the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation to respond more quickly to problems in this area in the regional context.

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