Strengthening Educational Capacity of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
| Address: Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, 60, Volodymyrska St., office 101, Kyiv, 01033, UKRAINE Phones: +380 44 239 34 04, +380 44 234 31 08 e-mail: yzh@uninet.kiev.ua Sergiy.Polozov@undp.org Project Manager: Yuriy Zharkikh UNDP Programme Manager: Kateryna Rybalchenko |
WHAT IS THE SITUATION AND PROJECT BACKGROUND?
Compared to many countries of the world, the citizens of Ukraine traditionally enjoyed wide access to post-secondary education and one of the highest rates of post-secondary degrees. However, the Ukrainian system of higher education has been struggling with the transition to a market-driven economy. One of the brightest stars of the Ukrainian system of higher education is Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.Kyiv University is an institution of higher education that trains specialists in many fields of knowledge and carries out research. Although this description can be applied to any other institution of similar kind, Kyiv University enjoys a special status among the higher education establishment in Ukraine. It is the number-one Ukrainian university, and a major centre of advanced learning and progressive thinking. It consists of more faculties and departments than any other school in Ukraine and provides training of specialists in a greater number of fields than any other comparable Ukrainian educational institution.
Kyiv University is named after Taras Shevchenko, a major figure in Ukrainian arts. Its reputation transcends the boundaries of Ukraine. Since the time of its foundation, a hundred and sixty years ago, the University has been generating progressive ideas, shaping Ukrainian intellect, and providing champions of national liberation activity in Ukraine. It has always supported the Ukrainian freedom-loving spirit.
The University consolidated itself into14 Departments and 5 Institutes, including the prestigious Institute of International Relations. More than 20,000 students and 2,000 teachers study and work in the University. It maintains contacts with many universities and research centres throughout the world.
The UNDP Project “Strengthening Educational Capacity of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University” was created with
WHAT IS OUR MISSION?
Our project objective has been to support Ukraine in attaining its objectives of increased human development and decrease poverty by implementing the modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the system of high education in Ukraine. The methodology of the project is:wide-scale international and local expertise and consulting services in the ICT, librarianship and education;
creation of pilot models of ICT-based modern educational processes;
delivering the educational content and implementing positive experiences on a national scale.
The project objectives and methodology were intended to apply in an all-Ukrainian system of preparing modern specialists of higher education.HOW ARE WE CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION?
The project used to have modular construction. Each module represents a set of activities and corresponding inputs which usually, but not necessarily, operates independently from another module. The integration of modules’ outputs create essential and planned Project outputs. The name of Project modules and years of its implementation are presented below:
Library (1999-2005)
Publishing-House (2001-2003)
Internet (building university access to local and global networks) (2000-2004)
Regional Academy for Advanced Network Administration and Design (RAANAD) (2000-2005)
Regional Academy of Information Technologies in Education (RAITE) (2000-2005)
Human resource development for Ukrainian Labor market (2006-2007)
Integration of Ukrainian system of higher education into global educational environment (2006-2007)
As of early 2008 the Project has been closed.
