Final report “UKRAINE EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY” (6 May – 24 June 2022)

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU) together with the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics”, Ukraine Education Cluster, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International NGO “Save the Children” and other partners conducted a survey to identify urgent needs of the education sector functioning in the conditions martial law, in particular the needs of internally displaced students and teaching staff.

The findings presented in this report rely on the data inputs received directly from hromada representatives via the Needs Assessment Survey (NAS) between 6 May and 6 June 2022 as well as from additional follow-up data gathering and actualization conducted by MESU with the help of local education authorities during the period of 1-8 of June 2022. It highlights the challenges and changes in Ukraine’s education system brought up by the ongoing war by evaluating the current trends against the baseline indicators of the pre-war period. This report also incorporates existing secondary data and needs assessments conducted after 24 February 2022 by UN agencies, MESU, INGOs, and other relevant actors.

The survey covered preschool, general, secondary, out-of-school and vocational (vocational and technical) education levels and enabled community representatives to estimate and report on the challenges and needs under the following sections:

  • Educational infrastructure and access, including digital needs;
  • IDP learners (after 24 February 2022);
  • IDP teachers (after 24 February 2022);
  • professional needs of teachers;
  • needs in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for teachers and learners;
  • inclusive education;
  • financial management.

The final report of the study is available at:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Analysis “Ukraine Higher Education Needs Assessment” (25 June – 04 August 2022)  

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine together with the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics”, the Educational Cluster, in partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) “Save the Children” and the World Bank conducted a survey of institutions of professional pre-higher and higher education to identify their current state, to determine current losses and damages, as well as urgent needs of their students and scientific and pedagogical staff.

The preliminary analysis was based on the survey conducted from June 25 to August 4, 2022. Answers were provided by 749 educational institutions from all regions of Ukraine, with the exception of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in particular, from 252 institutions of higher education and 497 institutions of professional pre-higher education.

Assessment of their needs was conducted regarding the following areas:

  • educational process;
  • educational infrastructure;
  • needs of the students, teachers and researchers among internally displaced persons;
  • professional needs of teachers;
  • needs for mental health support and psychosocial assistance;
  • financial management.

The preliminary report, based on the research findings, is available at the following links:

Infographics for this analysis are available at the link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information and analytical materials «Study on the introduction of the NUS reform in pilot educational institutions (basic school)»

The information and analytical materials present the results of a monitoring study on the implementation of the NUS reform in pilot educational institutions (basic school), which is aimed at tracking the features of new educational approaches in the 5th pilot classes of the basic school, as well as participants of the experiment on the implementation of NUS, in the context of the formation of educational methodical support. It should be mentioned that conducted research is an integral part of the implementation of the all-Ukrainian educational project “Development and implementation of educational and methodological support for secondary education institutions in the context of the implementation of the State standard of basic secondary education”.

The study was conducted by the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics” in the form of an online questionnaire using the Google Forms service in May-June 2022 during the period of martial law in Ukraine. 843 teachers (34,7 % of the planned number of respondents) from 87 pilot general secondary schools took part in the survey. In order to correspond to the structure of the population as a whole, a weighting system based on the regional section was applied to the survey respondents. The results of the research are presented in information and analytical materials according to the following thematic blocks: educational and methodological support for the pilot, support of the educational process in pilot classes, organization of the educational process and the needs of teachers in the conditions of martial law, teaching and methodical support of the pilot, provision of educational process in pilot classes, organization of educational process and needs of teachers in military conditions, teacher’s proposals on the formation of a Model List of teaching aids and classroom equipment. According to the results of the study, it was found that, before the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, 83,2 % of the teachers interviewed received teaching materials in full for the second semester; 52,3 % of teachers use the textbook in both electronic and printed form, and 29,7 % – only in electronic form; 47,7 % of respondents indicated that the tasks in the textbooks and manuals they use in the classrooms fully correspond to the expected results defined in the curricula; 91,1 % of respondents carried out the educational process only using distance learning technologies. Also, about 40 % of respondents are in urgent need of access to uninterrupted Internet, while a third of teachers noted that they have everything they need to organize the educational process in the pilot classes. In addition, 30 % of teachers lack access to electronic resources with didactic materials for students, every fourth respondent feels the need for a computer/tablet. About two-thirds (62,4 %) of the respondents receive all the support most necessary for the organization of the educational process in pilot classes under martial law. At the same time, 15.8% of teachers need methodical support from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and other government and non-government institutions, and 15 % of teachers need psychological support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Informational and analytical materials “Monitoring research on ensuring the NUS reform implementation by teaching staff”

The informational and analytical materials present the next stage of the monitoring research results on the teaching staff readiness to implement the New Ukrainian School (NUS) Concept, conducted by the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics” with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine during July-October 2022. Considering the conditions of martial law, the study focused on the analysis of branch statistics on general secondary school teaching staff, higher education institution graduates of pedagogical specialties and data from the OECD annual report “Education at a Glance 2021”.

The research results in information and analytical materials are presented according to the following thematic blocks: in relation to teaching staff – teacher’s portfolio, qualification and teaching staff education, their age and gender, number of students per teacher, class size; regarding graduates of HEIs – the graduate characteristics according to the specialties of the knowledge field 01 “Education/Pedagogy” and according to their education. For the analysis of selected statistical data, a list of indicators compatible with national educational indicators, Solid Info indicators, and OECD educational indicators have been defined. According to this, teaching staff data are compared with similar OECD indicators, and Ukraine’s place among OECD member and partner countries is determined according to these indicators.

The study showed that during the five years of the NUS reform implementation, in line with the 7,95 % increase in the number of students (mainly at the expense of cities) and the number of teachers (mainly at the expense of villages) decreased by 0,6%. The years of educational reform contributed to the growth of the pedagogical workers’ professional level, especially in rural areas, where the share of specialists of the highest qualification category increased by 7,8% over five years (in cities – by 1,8%). In general, the number of teachers with higher education, especially master’s degrees, increased by 15,9% (by 53,3%). On the other hand, over five years, the teachers’ share under the age of 30 decreased by 32,5% (mainly at the expense of villages), and those over 60 increased by 15,1% (mainly at the expense of cities). The number of men in the teaching profession also decreased by 6,6% (at the expense of the village).

The indicator “Student/teacher ratio” increased by 0,8 persons (from 8,9 students in 2017/2018 to 9,7 students in 2021/2022). In general, Ukraine with an indicator of 9,4 students per teacher (data for 2019) is at the bottom of the list of OECD member countries (average indicator – 13) between Lithuania (9,6) and Belgium (9,3).

The “Class size” indicator increased by 1 person (from 19,1 students in 2017/2018 to 20,1 students in 2021/2022). According to this indicator (data for 2019), Ukraine with an indicator of 19,8 is below the OECD average (21,1) and shares a step with Denmark (20,3) and Finland (19,6).

 

Informational and analytical materials “Monitoring research on students professional orientation in secondary education institutions”

The information and analytical materials present the next stage of the monitoring study results on the students’ professional orientation in general secondary education institutions, conducted by scientists of the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics” with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine during August-November 2022. According to conditions of martial law, a survey in the form of an online questionnaire was used to collect statistical data, the main advantage of which is safety for participants and speed of information collection for researchers. The online survey was conducted using the EvaluEd information and analytical system, which is administrated by the State Education Quality Service, whose staff we sincerely thank for the help in organizing the survey among the deputy directors of general secondary education institutions.

4 755 general secondary education institutions took part in the study (except Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions; the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol).

The study showed that although career guidance work in general secondary education institutions is organized and carried out, it still has not become a systemic trend. Preference is given to outdated methods. At the same time, the need to meet the urgent need for workers for our country’s reconstruction in the post-war period and the need to create a career guidance system based on modern principles, using methods and developments that meet today’s needs, is increasingly understood.

 

“Monitoring study on the formation of an optimal network of general secondary education institutions in local communities”

The monitoring study was conducted by the SSI “Institute of Educational Analytics” specialists in accordance with item 2.3.1.1 of the Operational Plan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for 2022, in order to obtain reliable information on the formation of an optimal network of general secondary education institutions.
Within the framework of the study, the qualitative changes that occurred in general secondary education institutions (GSEIs) were analyzed, taking into account the factor of the war / post-war state. The hypothesis regarding the results of the national external independent testing of school graduates as a tool for evaluating the effectiveness of the network of educational institutions was also tested. When analyzing changes in the GSEIs network, official statistics of reporting forms were used, in particular, 76-RVC “Summary report of the day-time general secondary education institutions” for 2016-2021 from the database of the national information system on education “AICEM”, managed by the SSI “Institute of Educational Analysis” and other sources of available educational statistics.