Meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine with representatives of higher education institutions and business «Dual education: results and prospects for scaling up student participation in regional development»

On December 4, a meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine with representatives of higher education institutions and business «Dual education: results and prospects for scaling up student participation in regional development» took place.

The participants were welcomed by Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Mykola Trofymenko and Deputy Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Liudmyla Bukharina.

The Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University was represented at the meeting by the first vice-rector Serhiy Shylo, who presented the Polytechnic’s ideas, visions, achievements, and current projects in the direction of developing dual education. He raised problematic issues of its implementation at the moment, in particular, the security aspect, higher education standards, and the risk of excessive specialization for one employer.

Representatives of JSC «Ivchenko-Progress», NVK «Iskra», JSC «Motor Sich», LLC «Orihivsilmash», LLC «Urozhay» also expressed their vision and recommendations for the development of dual education and improvement of the personnel training system. We are proud that we have been developing partnership relations with most of the participants for years!

All participants joined the discussion «Scaling dual education in the region: joint solutions», where effective tools for developing dual education were discussed, allowing all participants — higher education institution, student, employer — to act in a coordinated and effective manner.

Thank you ZOVA for the opportunity to join the discussion of important issues related to the development of education in the Zaporizhzhia region! Working together – developing together!