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Poroshenko at the meeting with students of Shevchenko University of Chernihiv
01.04.2015 09:15 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with students and professors of Shevchenko National Pedagogical University of Chernihiv, President Petro Poroshenko Press Office reports.
As to the report, within the meeting Poroshenko emphasized that «reforms in educational sphere of Ukraine will improve prestige and quality of education».
Reportedly, Poroshenko considers it appropriate to reduce the number of higher education institutions in Ukraine. The President noted that because of corruption and ill-conceived policy of previous governments in Ukraine, the number of higher education institutions had increased unreasonably. This figure reaches the highest rate in Europe 1 institution per 49,000 people. He added that in Germany and France the given figure was respectively 10 times and 30 times less. However, the quality of education in these countries is much higher.
«It is hard to reduce, but unfortunately students pay money and receive an empty paper instead of knowledge and profession. As a result, we have a zero interest from the labor market. Such higher education institutions must be closed or have a different status,» the President said. He is confident that the prestige and quality of education will be improved with the reduction of the number of higher education institutions.
As to the report, the Head of State admitted that educational reform had been started with the adoption of the law «On Higher Education». At the same time, the President stressed that «higher education institutions should remember that they have autonomous rights that increase their accountability for the quality of education they provide».
Reportedly, the President emphasized that Ukrainians had always demonstrated a desire to be Europeans: «Current generation of Ukrainians faces an extremely important task to implement reforms, change the country, make everything for us to feel like a truly European state,» Poroshenko said.
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