The meeting was traditionally attended by a representative of the Office of the President of Ukraine Svitlana Kretovych, General Director of the Directorate of Professional Higher Education Oleh Sharov, the management of the State Service of Education Quality of Ukraine, and Acting Director of the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment Valery Boyko, the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Anatoliy Melnychenko, and others also participated.
Considerable part of the attention was focused on the issues of the university admission process.
In particular, it was emphasized that the criteria for evaluating the motivation letter to be submitted during the 2022 admission campaign will be developed by each higher education institution, but the Ministry of Education and Science plans to provide some recommendations.
This year, some privileges will be provided to the privileged categories of applicants, for whom the EIT was not envisaged, it is particularly planned that a significant part of them will pass an individual oral interview.
This year, the average score on the school certificate will not be transferred to EIT, as it was in previous years, which will dispense the admission committees with the necessity of this work.
Following numerous requests for registration deadlines for the National Multi-subject Test (NMT), the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment extended registration terms until 19 April. There will be several sessions of NMT and the unified entrance exam: a main one, an additional, and a specially organized session. The registration process itself is simplified as much as possible. In May there will be an additional procedure to clarify the location of the person, and to consider their preferences as for the location of taking the test.
The results of the external independent testing of previous years are expected to be taken into account at the same time as the results of the multi-subject test according to a special procedure prescribed in the regulations.
It is not planned to change the number of applications submitted by the university entrant.
Creative competitions for admission where provided, will be conducted remotely under condition that the university assumes responsibility for the objectivity of the conduct.
The system of distribution of budget places on the basis of wide competition remains, however it will be adjusted a little.
It is said about some picularities of academic staff vacation leave under martial law. In particular, it is emphasized that the annual basic paid leave is granted to employees only lasting 24 calendar days; if the duration of the employee's annual basic leave exceeds 24 calendar days, the difference in the days is not lost, but must be granted after the end of martial law.
It is reported that due to the possible lack of specialists that Ukraine will need for post-war economic recovery and strengthening its defense capabilities, the possible reduction of training time (e.g., reduction in some cases of bachelor training from four to three years) is currently being studied.