Challenges of modernity and the influence of mass culture on the quality of education (based on the results of sociological research in the sphere of education)

Education is one of the most important social institutions that ensure the socialization of the younger generation: the interiorization of social values, norms, behavior patterns that characterize the basic culture of a society, the formation of life skills and competencies necessary for successful adaptation, personal and social development in current socio-economic, political and socio-cultural conditions. The results of sociological research carried out within the framework of the republican monitoring of the quality of education are analyzed.