On the issue of evaluating educational programs for additional professional education

The article considers the problems of assessing the program of additional vocational education, considering the new realities, the management environment, the widespread introduction of the digital economy, which place new demands on workers and their professional competencies or even changes in their work activities. A methodology is proposed for calculating the integrated index of the educational program effectiveness, including vocational education, considering important economic, social, organizational, and educational components, which involves considering their quantitative and qualitative characteristics. The main conceptual elements of the evaluation system of additional programs are reflected, and the scale and evaluation standards are proposed. The economic effect of the program is determined in cost terms based on the expected revenues and expenses for the program. The article shows an example of calculating private indicators of the effectiveness of educational programs for additional vocational training, and their translation into the relative effect is carried out with the help of the profitability indicator. This allows choosing the educational product necessary for specific consumers to attract additional extra-budgetary funds for the development of science in educational institutions. In addition, the issue of training the necessary personnel in demand for business is being addressed. According to societal needs, personnel with specified professional competencies appear on the labor market. All this creates conditions for realizing the interests of employees, employers, and the state.