12 October in Ukraine held a public discussion “How to change education funding in 2017”. In the discussion, in addition to experts and analysts, was also attended by Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko, who expressed the official position of the Department.
As stated Marchenko, at the moment the education system of Ukraine has a lot of issues, including funding, which requires a systematic approach for their solution. In particular, the official noted the following problems: lack of quality education in the villages, the poor level of secondary education, the decline of the prestige of the teaching profession. And only at the end of this list, Sergei Marchenko mention this important fact, as inefficient use of budgetary funds.
In 2017 the wage level of Ukrainian teachers will grow by 33.5% over the current year. It is provided by the government in terms of state budget in 2017. Increase of level of payment of services in the field of education should improve the quality of education, according to the government. In addition, the draft budget includes spending on the creation of 137 supporting schools to ensure children who live in rural areas and the allocation of 393 million hryvnia to provide students with free textbooks, which should be enough to fully.
Plus, the Ukrainian authorities intend to create a Fund in the amount of 14.9 billion UAH for assistance in obtaining a secondary education to people who live in areas with insufficient provision of educational establishments. And for students of vocational schools it is planned to allocate 1,6 billion hryvnias, which has not been done in the current year, said the Deputy head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.
