On June 6, 2023, Eduard Avtandilovych Abashia, lecturer of the Department of Psychology at the Dnipro Institute of PJSC "IAPM", psychologist, and legal expert, successfully completed his training, passed the final comprehensive exam, and received a certificate of professional development in the field of criminal law cycle from Odesa State University of Internal Affairs. The total number of hours was 180.

During the training, the following academic disciplines were covered:

• Pedagogy and psychology of higher education;
• Public speaking;
• Modern information technologies in education;
• Criminal law;
• Criminal procedure;
• Criminalistics;
• Criminology;
• Criminal executive law.

Pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical workers are obliged to constantly improve their qualifications. The purpose of professional development for pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical workers is their professional growth in accordance with state policy in the field of education and ensuring the quality of education, - Eduard Abashia noted.