KYIV. April 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian businessman Vasyl Khmelnytsky’s K.Fund in partnership with French School 42 and support of NGO Osvitoria has launched Ukrainian National IT Factory (UNIT Factory) in Ukraine to train IT specialists.
The participants of the project said in a press release last week that education in UNIT Factory will be free of charge for students if after graduation they work in Ukraine for three years. Young people aged from 18 to 30 can enter this education institution. They are to pass tests. Academic criteria (diplomas, Exam Focus Complex Tests and grades are not taken into account).
The training program lasts three years. After first 12 months students can choose if they continue training or go to work in a company.
According to the press release, the program is based on gamification: approaches typical for computer role games. Acquisition of knowledge and project defending are accompanied by “pumping” of skills and getting new experience, while there are no usual teachers, timetables and grades.
The online registration of candidates will be opened in April 2016. Up to 900 students will be selected for one-month probation and finally around 300 persons will start training in November 2016.
“UNIT Factory challenges the conventional education system. Companies do not need papers about graduation from a prestigious college, but they need professionals who successfully realize projects,” Khmelnytsky said.
K.Fund was established in 2015 to support educational and economic projects.
School 42 is a software design school founded in 2013 in France.
NGO Osvitoria was founded in 2013 to develop and reform education in Ukraine.
