Modernising the theoretical and practical aspects of national education system development

The purpose of scientific exploration is to determine the factors influencing the processes of modernization of education in the national cluster.  The task of the article is to characterize the socio-economic, political, and cultural elements of national development that influence the educational space, forming the basis for the implementation of innovative transformations in the practical learning activity and their prospects in the strategies of educational development.  In addition, modernization of education occurs in the context of globalization challenges, which leads to a certain leveling of the national factor.  However, it is the national characteristics that often become the fundamental elements identifying the educational identity of a state or region.  The methodological arsenal through which the attempt is made to implement the objectives of the scientific article can be divided into a  general scientific cluster (analysis, systematization, classification); elements of scientific-pedagogical discourse (pedagogical experiment, modeling); philosophical-scientific methods (dialectics, synergy)   The optimal result of education modernization is to increase the efficiency of the educational system while preserving the national authenticity of the educational environment

Educational Crisis in the Modern Information and Digital Society Against the Backdrop of Russian Armed Aggression

The educational space is being integrated into the information and digital format of social activity. Sociocultural processes and events determine the intensity of the involvement of scientific and technological progress in the educational environment. The last three years have been a real crisis for Ukrainian education. COVID-19 pandemic and Russian armed aggression actually transferred organizational and training elements of the educational system into online mode. This caused the actualization of all manifestations of digitalization in Ukrainian education. Therefore, the purpose of scientific intelligence is to analyze the information and technological factors that respond to the crisis phenomena in modern education. The article aims to highlight the practical digital resources that have become in demand in the preservation of the functioning of the education system in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The most appropriate methodology capable of analyzing the problems and risks in the digital cluster of education associated with military actions is a systemic, structural-functional, and comparative analysis. Thus, the educational crisis in Ukraine was an obvious consequence of Russian armed aggression. The information and digital educational environment play an important stabilizing role, allowing to maintain the functioning of this sphere of public activity. Digitalization has introduced innovative manifestations in the administrative and organizational, educational and methodological, and information and communication clusters of education. At the same time, the processes of digitalization have also come under attack by the aggressor and faced the risks caused by gross violations of rights in educational cyberspace