The Ministry of Education, together with international partners, is launching a new educational project, IT Generation, which aims to train specialists and increase the share of IT in the country’s GDP to 10%. This was announced at a briefing by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov ,
KYIV. UkraineGate. 29 . June . 2022 | Society .
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“It is the issue of education that needs more time. Over the past six months, we have developed an algorithm for the development of IT education, which needs to be done specifically to meet demand and meet all needs. Reform of IT education includes many stages: changing the approach to the management of higher education institutions in the direction of technology, the introduction of new specialties and other stages, “said the Minister.
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According to him, at the first stage it is planned to train a thousand Ukrainians in IT specialties. This is not only development, but also management skills and design. About 2,000 Ukrainians will be trained in the second stage. And then it is planned to teach 30-40 thousand citizens for free.
“The essence of the project is that we choose the best schools, online and offline, give them the opportunity to collect applications from Ukrainians who have not worked in IT, to pass an interview. After that, our partners will pay 100% for the training of Ukrainians who passed the interview. and will be able to work in the most progressive industry, “Fedorov said.
To become a student in one of these schools, a person must be inexperienced and without a relevant profession.
“We help Ukrainians who have lost their jobs, as well as develop online education,” the minister said.
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Alexander Bornyakov said that the project is built as follows. At the first stage, schools are selected, it will take two weeks. Eligible educational institutions will then be announced on the project website. And only then students will be able to submit their applications.
“A student who has submitted an application qualifies at an educational institution and only the educational institution decides whether the student can study. At the stage of financing, the partner company provides a grant to pay for this education,” Bornyakov said.
Source: Ukrgate
