Liudmyla Riabokon

Utilizing his decades-long pedagogical experience, the Uk­rai­nian educator Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918-1970) wrote 35 books, more than 600 articles, and 1,500 tales, stories, and no­vel­las for children. His works are still popular among educators in Uk­raine and abroad. What makes Sukhomlynsky’s...

What criteria should be used in determining the quality of education? What are the requirements of our times and how do they influence the tasks of education? These and other questions are raised in the following interview with Academician Vasyl H. KREMEN, president of the Academy of Pedagogical...

Oleksandr Zakharenko died four years before his 70th jubilee. A good way to begin familiarizing oneself with this great educator is by exploring the exhibit organized at the Teacher’s House in Kyiv. The most interesting items on display are photographs. One of them shows a small rocket being...

This little boy has a serious illness. He doesn’t know his parents and probably doesn’t understand who is to blame for his conspicuous helplessness. The photographer told us that the little boy lives in a children’s home in Vorzel, a scenic suburb of Kyiv. He is surrounded by people he doesn’t know...

On September 5, 2005, Stanislav Nikolayenko, Ukraine’s minister of education, and Paul Bermingham, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, signed the Loan Agreement for the Equal Access to Quality Education in Ukraine Project. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved an...

Volunteers from the Social Services Center for Families, Children, and Youth in Kyiv’s Holosiyivka community and leaders of various civic organizations have embarked on a field trip to the sites of Kyiv’s first defense line in 1941. Their outing is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the victory...

On June 31, 250 leaders of Ukrainian youth organizations gathered in Kharkiv for a three-day All-Ukrainian Youth Summit held under UN auspices with the goal of influencing the government’s youth policy. On June 26 young Ukrainians joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Youth Day....

As of May 19 Ukraine is a full-fledged partner of the European countries determined to establish a single European space for higher education. The current conference of education and science ministers representing the European members of the Bologna process is underway in Bergen, Norway. A treaty...

A bill called “National Program to Stimulate Adoption in Ukraine” was presented toward the end of last week. Its ideas were supported by the Adoption Center at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the all-Ukraine volunteer organization “Society of Equal Opportunities.” Adoption is...

In the last while, the question of providing free education has sparked renewed debate. Representatives of individual political forces see it as a necessary precondition for the democratization of Ukrainian society. Given the fact that (as of this writing) a Socialist Party member is tipped to head...