Education in Ukraine

Ministry of Education and Science (Міністерство освіти і науки)
Agency overview
Formed8 July 1992
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports
JurisdictionUkraine
Headquarters10, Victory Sq., Kyiv
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • Service for intellectual property
  • Agency of Science, Innovations, and Informativeness
WebsiteOfficial website

Starting in September 2018, 12-year secondary education will replace 11-year which was mandatory before that.[2] As a rule, schooling begins at the age of 6, unless your birthday is on or after 1 September.[3] In 2016/17, the number of students in primary and secondary school reached 3,846,000, in vocational school 285,800, and in higher education 1,586,700 students. According to 2017 EduConf speech of the (then) Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, Liliya Hrynevych, the amount of budget financing for the sphere of education would reach about ₴53 billion in 2017 (compared to 42 in 2016).[2]

The NGO Human Rights Measurement Initiative in the spring of 2022 concluded that Ukraine is fulfilling 84.2% of what they should be fulfilling on the right to education, based on their level of income.[4]

  1. ^ "The Verkhovna Rada appointed two ministers and a deputy prime minister". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Beyond the scandal: what is Ukraine's new education law really about? | openDemocracy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. ^ Bassis/Dhilawala. (2009). Cultures of the World:Ukraine p.72
  4. ^ "Ukraine - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-04.