The government's action plan for 2024 envisages a large-scale reform of higher education and a 21% increase in payments to educators. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal during a government meeting, UNN reports.
Shmyhal noted that education is the fifth priority of the Government Plan for 2024, which was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers today.
"Payments to Ukrainian educators will be increased by 21% this year," Shmyhal said.
He also said that a large-scale reform of higher education will take place this year. "We are completely changing the approach. This also applies to the specialties in which the state will pay for education. This also applies to tuition fees. We will launch state grants. The goal is that 60% of students will receive various types of state support," Shmyhal said.
Addendum
The government is allocating UAH 2.5 billion to equip shelters in educational institutions.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the regulation on the functioning of the educational mobile application Mriya.