Educational System in Ukraine

3. Educational System in Ukraine.

Ukrainians have always shown a great concern for education. The right to education is stated in the constitution of Ukraine. It’s ensured by compulsory secondary schools, vocational schools and higher education establishment. It is also ensured by the development of extramural and evening courses and the system of state scholarship and grants.

Education in Ukraine is compulsory up to the 9th form inclusive. The stages of compulsory schooling in Ukraine are: primary education for ages 6-7 to 9-10 inclusive; and senior school for ages 10-11 to 12-13 inclusive, and senior school for ages 13-14 to 14-15 inclusive. If a pupil of secondary school wishes to go on in higher education, he or she must stay at school for two more years. Primary and secondary school together comprise 11 years of study. Every school has a «core curriculum» of academic subjects, such as…

After finishing the 9th form one can go on to a vocational school which offer programmes of academic subjects and a programme of training in a technical field, or a profession.

After finishing the 11th form of a secondary school, a lyceum or a gymnasium one can go into higher education. All applicants must take competitive exam. Higher education institution, that is institutes or universities, offer a 5-years programme of academic subjects for undergraduates in a variety of fields, as well as a graduate course and writes a thesis, he or she receives a candidates degree or a doctoral degree.

Higher educational establishments are headed by Rectors. Protectors are in charge of academic and scientific work. An institute or a university has a number of faculties, each specializing councils which confer candidate and doctoral degrees.

The system of higher and secondary education in Ukraine is going trough a transitional period. The main objectives of the reforms are: to decentralize the higher education system, to develop a new financial mechanism, to give more academic freedom to faculties and students. All secondary schools, institutes and universities until recently have been funded by the state. Now there is quite a number of private fee-paying primary and secondary schools, some universities have fee-paying departments.

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4. Results of Interrogation in Our Class

How do you evaluate the following	Like (number of  pupils)	Don’t like (number of pupils)	Indifferent (number of pupils)
School	27	6	3
Subjects:
Literature	21	5	12
Mathematics	11	23	5
History	19	7	12
Geography	29	6	3
Biology	23	10	6
English	32	4	2
Music	25	12	2
Art	20	11	8
Out-of-class activities	24	4	11
Sports/Gym classes	22	13	4
School library	27	10	2
School canteen	23	3	13
Learning to get along with others	25	9	5
Making friends	34	0	5

 

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5. Used Literature:

1.   Internet

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Contents

1.  Educational System in Great Britain

·    Types of Schools

·    British Schools

·    Universities and Colleges in Great Britain

2.Educational System in the USA

·    General Pattern of Education in the USA

·    Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher learning

·    Higher Education Institutions

·    Private and State Colleges

3.  Educational System in Ukraine

4.  Results of Interrogation in Our Class

5.  Used Literature

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Educational System

in Great Britain, USA and Ukraine.

 Boyko Maksim

Form 8-V

Ukrainian Grammar

 School #6