EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

School education:

All children aged from 7 to 15 years old attend nine year compulsory school.Options after comprehensive school are upper secondary school or vocational education.Upper secondary school:3 year general school leading to the Matriculaion Examination,giving successful students access to univrsity and other higher education schools.The present vocational education system covers both general secondary and vocational programmes,with separate tracks for comprehensive school leavers and matriculated students.The system is being reformed.

Higher education:

Higher education in Ukraine is managed by the Ministry of Education which coordinates the activities of higher schools and supervises the higher schools which are under other ministries.

According to the Law on Education,higher education includes the following levels and categories of establishment: level I-vocational schools and other HEIs of a corresponding level: level II-colleges and other HEIs of a corresponding level which teach Bachelor junior specialist courses; levelIII- institutes,conservatories,academies and universities which teach Bachelors ,Masters and specialist courses.The degree system is under reform: The old system had only one stage of undergraduate studies,the degree of specialist,awarded after 5 years of study.The new system comprises two stages: undergraduate and graduate,with several degree levels.

UsefulLinks:

         1.www.eduinukraine.com

         2.www.ukraine.com

         3.www.ukrtravel.com