Educational standards and programs in higher education of Ukraine: research results

Abstract

The article summarizes the results of research on the modernization of the structure and content of higher education through the introduction of modern levels and degrees, the list of specialties, the development and implementation of new standards of higher education, educational (educational-professional, educational-scientific, educational-artistic) programs in the process of implementing the Law of Ukraine «About higher education». The state of normative-legal, organizational-methodical support and informative-analytical activity of state management bodies in the field of education and science, their subdivisions and public structures responsible for the development of domestic higher education in modern conditions is analyzed.
 Since September 2014, when the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education" entered into force, a new stage of reforming the higher education system began, aimed at improving the quality and competitiveness of domestic higher education on the European market of educational services. Having concluded an association agreement with the European Union and received the status of a candidate for joining it and, thus, effectively joining the European educational and scientific community, Ukraine must adapt its own legislation in the field of higher education to European ones, reform the system of higher education, modernizing all its components , applying common European principles and mechanisms. First of all, it is about the modernization of the structure and content of education through the adoption of a system of easily understandable and comparable degrees of higher education; the new structure of higher education, which is based on three cycles (bachelor, master, doctor of philosophy), modern standards and educational programs. It is emphasized that these processes are carried out according to European criteria and are essential steps towards improving the quality of Ukrainian higher education on its way to the European educational community.
 The timeliness and completeness of the adopted decisions and implemented measures are assessed, as well as their compliance with the quality criteria of the EAHE. The reasons for the slowdown of individual processes are outlined, the debatable nature and ambiguity of a number of adopted decisions are noted, and approaches to their avoidance are proposed. It is noted that in the conditions of martial law declared in the state, the mechanism and conditions of accreditation of educational programs have been temporarily simplified, the validity periods of accreditation documents and the term of authority of personal staffs have been extended sector of higher education and scientific and methodical commissions.