In many questionnaires and questionnaires in the column on education there is such an answer item as higher incomplete.
What is meant by this term?
Ten years ago, incomplete higher education meant that a person entered a university, but for some reason did not finish it. That is, at that time it did not matter how many years a higher education was obtained, and those who studied for a full four years were equated with people who studied for a year, or even less. For those who later worked in the private sector of the economy, in general, this feature did not play a role.
But for employees in the public service, the difference in complete and incomplete higher education was very significant - after all, what is written in the diploma or certificate from the university depended on their level of wages prescribed in the staff schedule. Therefore, this approach eventually showed its inconsistency and was abolished.
What does the concept mean in modern higher education?
Incomplete higher education is a completed full-fledged education, the duration of which is four years. After it, the graduate is issued the very first diploma and is awardedbachelor's degree.
After that, the student has two options for the development of events: he can go to work with a freshly received education or continue his studies and receive a second diploma in a year or two, this time about full higher education, and a specialist or master's degree, in depending on the policy of the university and the chosen specification.
Is a bachelor's degree considered self sufficient?
Definitely yes. Higher incomplete education, however, remains, of course, higher. And its quality does not depend on the number of years of study, but on the knowledge gained. Of course, there is a difference compared to the full one. In particular, it concerns the scope of theoretical knowledge. The first four courses in any institution of higher education, students receive a general foundation of knowledge.
They concern both theoretical and practical parts. But here the in-depth knowledge that is intended for scientific activity in the chosen field, as well as for teaching the profile discipline, the student receives only in the magistracy. Thus, a diploma of incomplete higher education, of course, testifies to the qualifications of a person, but does not give him the right to teach others in higher education or apply for postgraduate or doctoral studies. So, if these activities are important to you, and you want to do them in the future, you should not stop at a bachelor's degree. But at the same time, teaching in secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions is a person whowho received the first degree, it may well.
But how, then, are former students called who dropped out before their first diploma, if incomplete higher education is a completed education?
Currently, official documents have a separate term for such training. Now it is commonly referred to as an incomplete higher education.
