Pilot project on dual education is implemented

Since October 2019, the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University has been participating in a pilot project on training qualified professionals in the dual form of education, which intends to intensify the cooperation between the university, student and economic entity, stimulate the competitiveness of a student at employment market (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as of 15.10.2019 № 1296 “On the implementation of a pilot project in the institutions of pre-higher and higher education on training qualified professionals in the dual form of education”).

A study, which was pursued in 2020 by the representative office of F.Ebert in Ukraine, the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education, which are partners of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the implementation of dual education allowed to collect data on its status, find problems faced by educational institutions, employers in implementing dual education, provided recommendations on further development of dual education.   

According to the project implementation plan, on March 11, 2021, staff of the Coordination Center for Dual Education of the University, prof. Iryna Perevozova, coordinators Olha Nazarenko and Halyna Melnyk participated in all-Ukrainian online meeting of an expert working group of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, held by the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Head of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – Alla Chaikovska) in partnership with the representative office of F.Ebert (project coordinator – Olena Davlikanova) on development a mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the dual form of education in the institutions of higher and pre-higher education in Ukraine (the 2nd year of the pilot project, 2020/2021).

For reference. The Coordination Center for Dual Education of the University was established in February 2020, according to the rector’s order №19 as of February 4, 2020. The Coordination Center for Dual Education carries out organizational and coordination functions to intensify relationship, cooperation between the university, student and employment market, initiates the student’s competitiveness on the employment market by implementing training at the university and enterprise.