TEACHER TRAINING IN CHURCH SCHOOLS OF PODILLIA (END OF XIX – BEG. OF XX CENTURIES)

The study is based on the analysis of main aspects of teacher training in church teachers' schools of PODILLIA at the end of XIX – beg. of XX century. The history of the formation of church teachers' schools of Podillia was traced on the basis of archival and literary sources. The educational process was considered and the role and importance of private initiative in the development of teachers' schools of Podillia and in the history of the national educational system were underlined. Significance of the church in different spheres of life in the history of the Ukrainian people was emphasized. It was proved that in the late XIX – early XX centuries the second-class parish schools and Vinnytsia church school became the leading educational institutions in the training of teachers of Podillia. The church teachers' schools were a model of church-school life of Podillia diocese.