Introduction. The problem of continuity of education for civil servants is becoming relevant in the situation of large-scale reform of Russian society. Formation of the personnel reserve of the civil service is becoming a key task designed to provide state institutions with highly qualified specialists capable of adequately responding to changes of the external environment.
Aim. The purpose of the article is to develop and justify a comprehensive model of continuity between VET and higher education as a key tool for improving the quality of training of personnel for the civil service.
Methods. The study used methods of analysing regulatory documents, systematising relevant legal information, scientific and methodological sources, and pedagogical modelling.
Results. The article presents a model of continuity between secondary vocational and higher education in the training of civil servants, which includes five interconnected components: (1) conceptual (approaches defining the features of the model); (2) target (the goals and objectives of developing and implementing the model); (3) content-related (selection of disciplines and modules aimed at forming the required competences); (4) organisational (tools of the model); (5) monitoring (methods for tracking the effectiveness of the model and identifying its limitations).
Scientific novelty. The content of continuity of educational programmes is disclosed as a step-by-step process of forming a personnel reserve of civil servants, taking into account the indicators of personal development of students.
Practical significance. The results of the study can be used by professional educational organisations to carry out work on identifying and selecting potential applicants for specialised training areas for civil service; professional educational organisations and universities to design successive integrated educational programmes.