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POLICIES FOR HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE

An ETF Torino Process assessment

Ukraine
Type
TRP assessment report
Authors
Timo Kuusela, ETF expert
Year
2020
Full report

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Executive summary

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PREAMBLE

The European Training Foundation (ETF) assessment provides an external, forward-looking analysis of the country's human capital development issues and VET policy responses in a lifelong learning perspective. It identifies challenges related to education and training policy and practice that hinder the development and use of human capital. It takes stock of these challenges and puts forward recommendations on possible solutions to address them.

These assessments are a key deliverable of the Torino Process, an initiative launched by the ETF in 2010 aimed at providing a periodic review of vocational education and training (VET) systems in the wider context of human capital development and inclusive economic growth. In providing a high-quality assessment of VET policy from a lifelong learning perspective, the process builds on four key principles: ownership, participation, holistic and evidence-based analysis.

For the ETF, human capital development is the provision of support to countries for the creation of lifelong learning systems that provide opportunities and incentives for people to develop their skills, competences, knowledge and attitudes throughout their lives for the sake of employment and realisation of their potential, and as a contribution to prosperous, innovative and inclusive societies.

The purpose of the assessments is to provide a reliable source of information for planning and monitoring national education and training policies for human capital development, as well as for programming and policy dialogue in support of these policies by the European Union and other donors.

The ETF assessments rely on evidence from the countries collected through a standardised reporting template (national reporting framework – NRF) through a participatory process involving a wide variety of actors with a high degree of ownership by the country. The findings and recommendations of the ETF assessment have been shared and discussed with national authorities and beneficiaries.

The assessment report starts with a brief description of the Country's strategic plans and national policy priorities (Chapter 1). It then presents an overview of issues related to the development and use of human capital in the country (Chapter 2), before moving on to an in-depth discussion of problems in this area, which in the view of the ETF require immediate attention (Chapter 3). Chapter 4 provides the overall conclusions of the analysis.

The annexes provide additional information: a summary of the recommendations in the report (Annex 1), an overview of the education and training system of the Country (Annex 2).The ETF would like to thank to all members of the Torino Process working group in Ukraine who worked for the preparation of the Torino Process National Report. Particular thanks should be sent to the Ministry of Education and Science which provided valuable support through the whole process. The National Torino Process Report compiled by the country itself can be found here: https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/trp/torino-process-2018-2020-ukraine-national-report.

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Table of Contents

  • PREAMBLE
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    • Context
    • Summary of findings on human capital
      • The large supply of tertiary education graduates has switched the focus from skills and qualifications to credentials
      • High spending on education gets lost in operational inefficiencies
      • Ageing workforce, emigration and low participation in VET will aggravate skills shortages in the years to come
      • Harmonisation of provision and restructuring of VET institutions
      • Targeting adult learners is increasingly important for VET providers
      • Fragmentation of provision and segregation of young people have diminished the quality and attractiveness of VET
      • Modernising the VET teaching profession could attract professionals from industry
      • Skills governance and declining VET participation require immediate actions
    • Recommendations for action
      • 1. Harmonise VET provision at upper secondary level after 9th grade
      • 2. Differentiate education provision at professional pre-tertiary level to distinguish it from secondary VET
      • 3. Manage the optimisation of school networks in a fair and transparent way
      • 4. Diversify VET provision to increasingly target adult learners
      • 5. Integrate the provision of VET and general education at upper secondary level
      • 6. Reform the VET teaching profession
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
    • 1.1 About this assessment
    • 1.2 Country overview
    • 1.3 Strategic context
  • 2. HUMAN CAPITAL: DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES
    • Overview
    • 2.1. Ukraine's educational attainment -and the prominence of credentials rather than skills
    • 2.2. Inefficiencies come with a high price tag for education in Ukraine
    • 2.3. Labour market trends vs sustained economic development and growth
    • 2.4. Higher education pays off for individuals
    • 2.5. Skilled workers migrate for better earnings and quality of life
  • 3. ASSESSMENT OF KEY ISSUES AND POLICY RESPONSES
    • 3.1. VET and skills governance
      • 3.1.1. No holistic, integrated education strategy
      • 3.1.2 Professional pre-higher education is disconnected from secondary VET
      • 3.1.2 Lifelong learning needs to be integrated into overall VET reform
      • Recommendations
    • 3.2. Low participation and attractiveness of VET
      • 3.2.1 Segregation of students at an early age has turned the current VET system into a dead-end
      • Recommendations
  • 4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACRONYMS
  • REFERENCES
  • Summary of recommendations
  • The education and training system of Ukraine
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