Development of Vocational Education in the Context of Sustainable Development of Society

The research substantiates the mutual influence of the sustainable development of vocational education and the sustainable development of society. The category of socio-economic, professional, pedagogical, and philosophical nature is professional education, which is associated with social intelligence, affecting sustainable development. The sustainability of vocational education depends on external trends in scientific, socio-economic, cultural, technical, and technological development. To ensure sustainable development, the study identifies the factors and mechanisms for the sustainable development of vocational education. Humanization, integration, intensification, technologization, cooperation, democratization are focused on sustainable development and scientifically substantiate the development of vocational education. The integration mechanisms of economic development, scientific and technological progress, digitalization, social partnership between an educational institution and an enterprise determine the development of vocational education. The division of labor is a characteristic of the sustainable development of vocational education. On the example of Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, an analysis of sustainable development was carried out. The main criteria indicators of the university (the potential of the educational organization, performance indicators, quality of work, and the reaction of the university to external and internal factors of development) are considered within the framework of the study.