Training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel through intentional postgraduate studyin Tomsk State University in 1960-1980s

organizations of the country, which did not have their own postgraduate study programs, but were in need of scientific-pedagogical personnel,received an opportunity to train scientific-pedagogical personnel at the expense of other educational institutions for themselves.The training of scientists through intentional postgraduate study concentrated in the major institutes of higher education of the country.Particularly, Tomsk State University realized such training for Siberia, the Far East and Central Asia. The training of scientists for otherinstitutes of higher education and research institutions through intentional postgraduate study became widespread in Tomsk State Universityin 1960-1980s. There were a lot of problems in the functioning of intentional postgraduate study. These problems began whenmany institutes of higher education did not send applicants for intentional postgraduate study. Often they sent untrained candidates whowere unable to pass entrance examinations and they were sent back. As a result, the university had to take untrained pedagogical andscientific people to fulfil the plan of the Ministry on admission to postgraduate study. All these found reflection in the efficiency ofpostgraduate study of TSU. Besides, Tomsk State University had no possibility to train postgraduate students to satisfy its own needs asthe Ministry allocated almost all places for intentional postgraduate study. One more important problem was connected with the problemof job placement of graduates of intentional postgraduate study. If earlier there was a lack of staff for the higher school, in 1970-1980there is abundance in them. Therefore, often a higher education school, which sent people for intentional postgraduate study, rejectedthem in a few years. On the other hand, intentional postgraduate study faced an important problem of unwillingness of intentional postgraduatestudents to come back to their own institute after finishing their training in the other institutes of higher education. Neverthelessin 1960-1980s the training of scientific staff through intentional postgraduate study at TSU played an important role in enhancing thestaff of higher school and research institutions of Siberia and other regions of the country by highly qualified teachers and researchers.

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