Formation of a Safety Culture in the Education System of Ukraine

The article reveals the importance of forming a safety culture, which is due to the high level of injuries of children and young people in everyday life and the consequences of a large-scale war in Ukraine. It is noted that improving the level of security in the country is possible through the formation of a security culture as a new worldview of the system of values, attitudes, attitudes and stereotypes of human behavior that determine its attitude to security. The structure and components of the safety culture as a set of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that ensure the safe behavior of people are determined; the purpose and tasks of forming safety culture in the education system of Ukraine are revealed. The peculiarities of the formation of a safety culture in preschool education institutions, which are due to the age and psychological characteristics of preschool children, are analyzed. Variants of education of safety culture with general secondary education institutions, during the study of the special subject “Health, Safety, Welfare”, and in the form of integrated training in the basics of safety are revealed. The significance and tasks of the all-Ukrainian information and educational project “Safety Class” are described. The article defines the measures, results and features of the formation of a safety culture among students in vocational and higher education institutions. Emphasized the importance of the influence of youth and children’s public associations on the education of a culture of youth safety. The importance and capabilities of mobile safety classes for raising public awareness of mine and other military hazards are revealed.