New law on preschool education: what will change for parents and educators from 2025
Kyiv • UNN
Starting January 1, 2025, a new law on preschool education will come into force in Ukraine. The changes provide for the optimization of the work of educators, the emergence of mobile and family kindergartens, as well as the expansion of forms of education.
From January 1, 2025, a new Law "On Preschool Education" will come into force in Ukraine. The workload of educators will be optimized, and the availability of kindergartens will be improved for parents. Mobile, family, and mini-kindergartens will also be introduced. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Details
As indicated by the Ministry of Education and Science, the innovations concern many areas. The workload of educators will be optimized, which will allow to increase their salaries and improve working conditions.
Parents will be able to take advantage of greater flexibility thanks to improved territorial accessibility of kindergartens and the ability to choose forms of education. New types of educational activities, such as mobile, family, and mini-kindergartens, will be introduced into the education system. This, according to the Ministry of Education and Science, will allow to cover a larger number of children.
There will also be a variety of groups in kindergartens - age-specific, mixed-age, inclusive, and special, with different educational programs.
For the authorities, the law establishes obligations to provide resources and fair remuneration for educators.
As before, preschool education institutions will be able to receive funds from the state and local budgets, payments from founders, payment for educational and additional services, income from rent, grants, charitable donations, and other legal sources.
The department also said that active work is currently underway on the development of a number of regulations to implement the new provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On Preschool Education". In total, it is planned to adopt 28 new regulations that will cover various aspects of the functioning of preschool education. This will create a clear regulatory framework that will contribute to the effective implementation of the changes.
Reminder
On June 6, the parliament adopted the bill "On Preschool Education" (No. 8030). Among the main changes, in particular, a 56-calendar-day annual leave for all teaching staff, a reduction in the workload for educators, and the right for parents to choose the form of preschool education.