Educational electronic public services: legal regulation and development

The purpose of the article is to determine the peculiarities of development and legal regulation of educational electronic public services. The article shows that the penetration of information technologies into all spheres of human life leads to the improvement of many processes of social activity, including in the field of education. Attention is focused on the fact that professional growth requires continuous learning in the framework of formal, non-formal and informal education. Central executive authorities and institutions, enterprises and organizations under their management are currently playing an active role in organizing such training. These bodies have the legal capacity to carry out such activities within the framework of electronic public services. However, the Law of Ukraine “On central bodies of executive power” does not provide for the possibility of these entities to carry out educational activities in relation to persons who are not members of their staff. The author justifies that the problem arising from the unregulated participation of ministries and other public authorities in the system of providing electronic public services in the educational sphere is the lack of uniform standards. Significant differences are observed in the availability and form of a certificate of completion of an educational course, the availability of reviewers, and the number and complexity of test questions used to determine mastery of the content of the educational programme. The sources of funding for educational films and TV series, which require significant expenditures, are not always indicated. The advantage of educational products prepared with the participation of public authorities is their acute relevance and practical orientation, as well as the ability to quickly approach their creation by minimizing bureaucratic barriers. The author concludes that improving the quality and scientific nature of the educational products under study, as well as reducing corruption risks in their production, requires regulating the most important aspects of this activity.