The Cabinet of Ministers approved the volume of the state order for training in institutions of professional pre-higher and higher education in 2022.
“The government approved the volume of the state order for the training of specialists, scientific, scientific-pedagogical and working personnel, advanced training and retraining of personnel in 2022 and the list of state customers. The Ministry of Education and Science, together with the Ministry of Economy, identified priority areas for training specialists in the most demanded specialties, and namely: engineering, pedagogical and natural,” the press service of the Ministry of Education said in a statement.
In particular, the total volume of the state order in 2022 amounted to more than 188 thousand people, and the enrollment rate for full-time education was set at almost 173 thousand people.
The government also determined the list of state customers in 2022 and the forecast volumes of state orders for 2023 and 2024.
In particular, the following volumes of admission under the state order for the training of specialists with higher education: “junior bachelor” – 844 people, including full-time education – 844 people; “professional junior bachelor” – 38,719 people, including full-time education – 35,456 people; “bachelor” – 89,320 people, including full-time education – 82,420 people; “Master on the basis of the educational qualification level of the bachelor” – 49,524 people, including full-time education – 44,404 people; “master” on the basis of complete general secondary education – 6,041 people, including full-time education – 6,041 people.
It is noted that the design indicators for admission under the state order for the training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel in graduate school will be 4,070 people, in doctoral studies – 423 people.
“For the first time, 160 internship places are provided for higher educational institutions that are under the control of the Ministry of Education and Science and train masters in medical and pharmaceutical areas,” the report says.
The Ministry of Education notes that the structure of the state order for the training of junior bachelors and bachelors (masters of medical, pharmaceutical and veterinary areas) takes into account the current situation in Ukraine, taking into account the liberation of the temporarily occupied territories.
In particular, in order to restore the regions and territories affected by Russia’s aggression, it is planned to train specialists to restore infrastructure and create conditions for the activities of all business entities.
In addition, the government has provided a simplified procedure for entry in 2022 for persons from the temporarily occupied territories, in particular, for applicants for education who started their studies in previous years on a contract, and also provides for transfer to places of state order at the expense of vacant places.
Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet says that when forming the state order for 2022, all construction, agricultural, high-tech and pedagogical specialties will be a priority.
“Today we are already working with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Digital Transformation regarding the formation of a budget order for 2022. The focus will be on high-tech and post-war economic recovery,” Shkarlet said in an interview on Thursday morning’s national telethon.
According to the minister, the humanitarian block, highly competitive specialties: economics, social sciences, management, public administration, lawyers will not have a large share of state funds covered in the state budget.
At the same time, Shkarlet noted that builders, all agricultural, high-tech, pedagogical specialties will be a priority, including when applying to universities.
The Minister also stressed that the emphasis is on professional higher education.
AGRICULTURAL, CONSTRUCTION, HIGH-TECH, PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALTIES, PRIORITY, STATE ORDER
