1. Understanding Recent Education Reform in Ukraine
© Serhiy Kvit

2. Statistics Ukraine has a total population of over 42 million
Of these, 7 million 783 thousand and 687 people are studying
One million 490 thousand and 857 people are working in the educational system
We have 15,002 kindergartens, 17,604 schools, 382 boarding schools, 940 vocational schools, and 288 HEI in total

3. Statistics Ukraine ranks 61st in the world in the level of GDP
40th place - on scientific potential
41st place - on the potential of the higher education system
56th place in terms of innovations

4. Statistics
Education expenses: less than 6 billion US dollars, more than 5 % of GDP
Higher education takes 28.3% of the money
Secondary education accounts for 42.4%
Pre-school education accounts for 17%
Vocational education accounts for 5.9% of the total budget

5. Russian Invasion and Undeclared War
When the first team of the Cabinet of Ministers was starting its work after the Revolution of Dignity on Feb. 27, 2014, there was only $ 10,706 available on the unified treasury account (According to the Letter #10-04/67– 3992 from the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, dated 10/03/2017, this sum was 108, hryvnias).

6. Russian Invasion and Undeclared War
About 2 million IDPs from the occupied by Russia territories of Crimea and Donbas
16 universities and 10 research institutes were evacuated from the occupied territories
Ukraine lost 20% of the national economy

7. Violation of Academic Integrity in Higher Education
The students were provided with the following sentence starter: “corruption is for you …” and then were asked to complete the sentence with various options. Only 31% of students answered “crime”. More interesting, 20.8% of students considered it to be “normal social life”, while an additional 35.1% responded that corruption is “one of the possible ways to solve existing problems”.
78% of students believe that their colleagues pass exams at universities not through their own abilities, but rather through the utilization of different types of academic fraud.
“Democratic initiatives” Foundation

8. Obstacles Lack agents of changes
Post-Soviet way of thinking of Ukrainian politicians (especially regarding to financial autonomy)
Conservatism of educational managers (practice is important)
Outdated network of educational institutions
Outdated content of study programs
Lack of autonomy and responsibility
Lack of communication with the labor market
Fundamental lack of funds

9. Our Priorities Universal access to quality education
The decentralization of governance
The autonomy of educational institutions
Deregulation
Reduction in bureaucracy
Public-private partnership and state-community management
Internationalization

10. New Laws and Bills “On higher education” (2014)
“On Science and Research” (2015)
“On Education” (2017)
Draft Law “On Vocational Education”
Draft Law "On amendments to some laws of Ukraine concerning the financing of higher education (regarding economic relations in higher education)."

11. The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy as an Agent of Changes
No corruption
The first bachelor programs
The first masters programs
The first PhD programs
Two working languages (Ukrainian and English)
The first entrance test system
Electiveness of courses
Cross admission on MA programs
Culture of freedom and autonomy

12. Activities of the Center for Quality Assurance at KMA
Students survey on the quality of teaching and quality of the study programs and courses.
Faculties member survey on the academic process organization and on the University management quality.
Employers survey on their requirements from new employees and the KMA graduates in particular.
KMA alumni survey about the quality and impact of the educational experiences at KMA. It collects suggestions on the improvements of the KMA educational process.
Participation in the improvement of KMA study programs.
Responsibility for academic integrity issues at the KMA.
Gathering statistic information about the University performance.

13. Thank you for your attention!