The Government insists on re-certification of
higher educational institutions, Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola
Azarov said opening a special extended meeting of the Government.
Mykola Azarov
noted that compared to 1990, the number of higher education institutions in Ukraine
has increased in 2,3 times. We have 861 higher
educational institutions with 2,6 million students.
"As a result of this totally inadequate growth, we have terrible devastating
disease - breeding amateurism," stressed the Head of the Government.
The Prime Minister noted that despite the fact
that the country has not returned to the 1990 GDP level, and last year had the 15%
downturn, "appeared whole armies of economists, managers, marketers, lawyers
and psychologists." According to Mykola Azarov, it remains unclear, where we could take the appropriate
number of qualified teachers for these specialties and what kind of staff they
could prepare?
"This problem requires the introduction of more
effective requirement system for the higher education in Ukraine. First of all, it is
necessary to conduct certification of higher educational institutions to meet
the modern requirements to higher education and to assess the quality of the
knowledge gained by graduates," stressed the Head of the Government and added
that such checks should be carried out both on the latest courses and after 3-5
and more years after graduation.
Mykola Azarov
noted that this issue requires special attention also because the President set
a clear goal: covering ten years at least three Ukrainian universities must
enter the world ranking of 500 best universities.
