On the need for health-saving educational technologies in university

The article presents a rationale for the need for systematic implementation of health-saving educational technologies as an integral component of modern higher education, since the traditional organization of education provokes risks to the health of students. Objective. To reveal the need to provide health-saving educational technologies in universities. Materials and methods. Analytical formal-pedagogical components were applied. Results and discussion. The article considers the need to implement health-saving educational technologies in higher education institutions. It is determined that the basis of the health-saving process of teaching and upbringing students is a competence-based approach, as a systemic factor in the development of their personal qualities and the formation of a positive attitude towards health. It is emphasized that health-saving technologies are a set of pedagogical methods and organizational measures aimed at minimizing academic overload, preventing stress, optimizing physical activity and forming a health culture not to the detriment of, but for the benefit of educational goals, which can achieve a triune result: maintaining students' health, increasing their motivation and learning efficiency, fulfilling the university's social mission to educate a healthy generation. Conclusion. The introduction of necessary health-saving technologies into the educational process of higher education institutions, promoting a conscious attitude towards health, should be based on the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities of physical, mental, spiritual and social health of students. The implementation of such technologies is a strategic necessity for the university, as it leads to a decrease in the incidence of students, an increase in their adaptive potential, academic success and, ultimately, the quality of training competitive graduates.