У статті підкреслюється значущість фізичної культури для здоров'я студента. Визначається залежність між рівнем розвитку фізичної культури і здоров'ям особистості. Виявляються педагогічні умови підвищення рівня фізичної культури студента як запоруки його здоров'я.
The importance of physical training for a student`s health is underlined in the article. In addition, dependence between a level of physical training development and person`s health is defined. Physical training is not only a certain level of physical activity. Psycho-educational conditions of student`s physical training level as a source of its health are highlighted in the article too. Reforming higher education in Ukraine requires finding new ways to solve the problem of personality formation, development of its physical, mental and spiritual strength. The priority task of the education system is to educate people in the spirit of responsible attitude to their own health and the health of others as the highest social value, the formation of a high level of health of student youth. One of the main tasks of the modern education system is to form a high level of physical culture in students. According to the latest scientific data, up to 90% of students have serious health problems, 50% or more are on the dispensary register, every fifth student (in the humanities every third, and sometimes even second) is considered to be as preparatory and special medical group or just can`t be involved in physical activity; The level of more than 50% of young people studying in higher educational institutions of our country does not even meet the average level of the state standard of physical fitness, which guarantees stable health. This situation is due to the fact that for today's young people improving their health is not of paramount importance. At the same time, she does not have the necessary knowledge and life experience that would allow her to preserve her personality, to learn the optimal norms of life, based on the understanding of health as the greatest value. A significant part of the diseases of student youth has a so-called didactogenic nature, that is caused or provoked directly by the conditions of the educational process. In this situation, one of the main tasks of pedagogical education is to improve the physical culture of the student.
