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Ombudsman Dmytro Lubińets proposed the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine develop a single admission procedure for universities for persons from temporarily occupied territories. After all, for children from the TOTs this is a matter of saving them from the systematic influence of the occupying state.
This was stated by the Commissioner. He added that Russia is dismantling the Ukrainian education system in the TOT and erecting its own educational model according to Russian standards.
Why changes are needed
The Ombudsman says that since 2028 year Russia has been introducing a mandatory oral history exam for graduates of 9-grade schools. The rule will be extended to institutions of education in the TOT.
Formally, students will be required to demonstrate knowledge of chronology, the ability to present thoughts coherently, and argumentative skills. But when education occurs using Russian textbooks, and history is presented through the prism of state propaganda, such an exam becomes much more than a knowledge test. In effect, it is a test of how much students have absorbed Russia-imposed historical narratives,
— says Lubinets.
And he adds: to pass the exam and obtain a certificate of education, Ukrainian children will be forced to vocalize such versions of history. This is another tool of pressure aimed at erasing Ukrainian identity and imposing a distorted view of their own history.
Therefore, according to the Commissioner, Ukraine should create real conditions in which a child or young person from TOT can leave the TOT, obtain Ukrainian education, and continue to live in Ukrainian society.
What Lubinets proposes
The Commissioner suggested to the Ministry of Education and Science:
develop and approve a single stable admission procedure to universities for persons from TOT;
provide a systematic information campaign for youths from TOT about entry conditions and timelines, simplified procedures, and required documents;
introduce separate statistical accounting of entrants from TOT;
develop and submit to the government a draft order approving the Concept of access to education for children and youth from TOT and a plan of measures for its implementation.
The state must act proactively. While a child remains under occupation and studies by Russian standards, the Russian Federation gains extra time to impose its own worldview on them,
— noted Lubinets.
Earlier we reported that there is a proposal in the Parliament to restrict the use of gadgets in schools: a draft law is being prepared.
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