Social Partnership in Education as a Subject of Legal Relationship

The article raises the issue of the deficit of legal foundation of social partnership in education, in particular agreement on the partnership. The review of recent pedagogical and sociological researches on public private partnership in education suggests that despite regular incentive efforts of the federal government, the examples of such partnership are random, popular with enterprises with state participation, and thus ineffective nationwide. The objective of the article is a research of existing law for the agreement on partnership between educational establishment and economic entity, legally reliable as well as economically and socially attractive for both parties. From this point of view, Labour Code and Federal Laws of the Russian Federation, along with recent scientific research in Civil Law have been studied. It is stated that the definition of social partnership as well as public private partnership are unable to encompass the wholeness of interaction, which is understood as social partnership in education. Scientific research confirms that the definition of public private partnership, its object, the legal status of the latter ought to be diversified. The potential of non-profit partnership that will permit shifting the function of the state from execution of its social obligations to its control is revealed. In conclusion, the definition of social non-profit partnership in education is suggested, yet it needs to be appraised as well as studied further. This in turn should attract professional attention to the issue.