Legal and Social Protection of NTUU “KPI” For one’s rights.
The only organization protecting the rights of education workers is trade union, more precisely, Trade Union Federation of Ukraine that counts million members. NTUU “KPI” trade union actively participates in everyday struggle for welfare, a just level of remuneration, high living standards. In autumn 2010 and in winter 2012 we took part in the walkout when the Central Committee of our trade union negotiated with Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; in 2011 – in the walkout near he town council of Kyiv, against raising of utility tariff rates; on September, 22, 2012 – in Ukrainian walkout of educators demanding the implementation of Article 57 of the "Law on Education". When the Program of Economic Reforms for 2010-2014 (paragraph 39.2) predicted "increasing the percentage of students per university lecturer to 18" (now in Ukraine the number amounts to 9-13), in NTUU "KPI" 6.5 thousand signatures of staff and students against reduction the teaching staff were collected.
Trade Union Committee is reporting
On May, 30, 2013 XXXIII NTUU “KPI” employees trade union accounting conference took place at the convention room of the Academic Council Hall. M.Z. Zgurovsky, the rector of KPI, and O.M. Yatsun, the head of the Kyiv municipal organization of education, academic and research workers of Ukraine participated in the conference. The account of the trade union head, Molchanov V.I., on the functioning of NTUU “KPI” employees trade union for the period from March, 2010 to May, 2013 (the summary of the account is given on page 2) was presented at the conference as well as the trade union checkup commission information given by the head of the trade union checkup commission Yurchuk V.P. H.M. Kulyk, the head of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics trade union stressed the need of lecturers evaluation rating system optimization drawing attention to the index part used while rating calculation for Bachelor’s and Master’s (Specialist’s) students. Moreover, Hanna Mykoaivna yet again pointed out the necessity to organize rooms for the lecturers of general departments in the KPI academic buildings.