Ukrainian State Center for International Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine held its second strategic session on December 9th, 2020. Its goal – devise a strategy for the development of the Center for 2021-2025.
“We want the new strategy, which will define the mission and the goals of our enterprise, to be a document accessible for review and implementation” – said Olena Shapovalova, director of the Ukrainian State Center for International Education.
She stressed that the Ukrainian State Center for International Education is the only institution in Ukraine that promotes higher education in Ukraine, does accounting of foreign students who plan to enter, received invitations and are studying in Ukraine, and ensures communication between universities, diplomatic missions and foreign students, etc. Therefore, it is very important to continue to improve working methods and adjust priority areas of activity.
Based on the results of the work, 7 strategic goals of “Study in Ukraine” were formulated, which were presented during the second session:
- – Promotion of Ukrainian education abroad
- – Information support
- – Partnership. International cooperation
- – Analytical activity
- – Organizational support for the implementation of policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in the field of providing educational services to foreigners
- – Formation of stable relations with foreign graduates of Ukrainian higher education institutions
- – Promotion of socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students in Ukraine
Representatives of higher education institutions joined the discussion of the presented draft document. In particular, proposals were made by the Bukovynian State Medical University, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”, and a branch of the Lebanese University.
Thus, Zukan Zharamani, Head of the Lebanese University Branch, Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, President of the Ukrainian HEIs Alumni Club in Lebanon, stressed the importance of providing foreign students not only with specialized knowledge, but also thorough knowledge on Ukraine, its history, culture and state mechanism. He also added that it would be useful to create an association of foreign graduates of Ukrainian HEIs.
The relevant proposals were taken into account in the draft document. As of right now, the draft strategy will be sent to higher education institutions for approval. After review, the document will be approved and published on the official website of the Ukrainian State Center for International Education.
