APPLICATION OF NEW INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

: According to the state program “Information Society (2011-2020)”, one of the priority areas in Russia is to improve the quality of education based on information technologies. After adopting the new federal law “On Education in the Russian Federation”, the development of new information and telecommunication technologies has become an urgent need. The law specifies the rules that allow educational institutions to use e-learning, distance learning technologies, and a network form for implementing educational programs. New information technologies in education have launched new opportunities: self-study, distance learning, tutoring, consulting, coaching. Modern globalization of higher education, a two-tier system, the standards of the third generation and three plus actualize the problem of ensuring the quality of education, forming for the graduates a pool of competencies that meet the challenges of the labor market. The problem of the quality of training bachelors and masters, their postgraduate employment is of particular importance in connection with the orientation of educational institutions to the practical implementation of acquired competencies.