The Ministry of Education and Science warns applicants against using fake accounts on social networks to obtain information about the admissions campaign.
“Recently, several telegram channels and Facebook pages have appeared, partially or completely using the official graphics of the brand book of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to illustrate their messages. The content of these messages does not correspond to reality, contains manipulations or deliberately distorted information,” the press service of the ministry said in a statement.
In this connection, the department draws the attention of applicants, the media and all interested parties, that reliable information on the admissions campaign in 2022 is posted on the official websites of the Ministry of Education, the Unified State Electronic Database for Education (USEDEB), the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UTSOKO) , State Enterprise “Inforesurs”, Ukrainian State Center for International Education (UGTSMO) and on their verified pages in social networks.
“For example, the Vstup Info telegram channel uses the MON logo and positions itself as the only channel about entry, but in fact this channel has nothing to do with the Ministry,” the message says.
The ministry also cited signs that will help you quickly understand that fake content is being published under the guise of the supposedly official position of the Ministry of Education.
In particular, among them: the MON logo was completely or partially falsified; only part of the official letter, without signature, date and QR code; links to unofficial resources (mainly other telegram channels); official logos of the Ministry of Education and Science in the texts of messages related to the competencies of other state institutions; information with terms that are not used by MES in official documents; MON logo for the announcement of webinars and online conferences for advanced training of teachers, where it is worth paying for a certificate.
