The education system and its functions in the context of development of modern man and society
Abstract
The article defined the education system as a social institution that performs a specific
function. The conditions of establishment and formation of the education system of Ukraine in the period
of modernity are researched. The process of formation of the person in the education system in the
context of globalization is analyzed. The author pointed out the main shortcomings of the education
system in Ukraine and the possibilities of overcoming them to reform the education system into student-
centered one, which may become one of the key factors in the formation of personality in the modern
world.