External Independent Evaluation Research Articles

Legal regulation of education in Ukraine. Part 6: Features of admission to higher education in Ukraine

This article examines the legal issues of regulating the access of citizens of Ukraine to higher education of the third educational and scientific degree (doctor of philosophy) in the paradigm of international acts, the Constitution of Ukraine, the Laws of Ukraine, and Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the field of education. This is related to the existence of certain legal conflicts in the education sector, which arose as a result of the ambiguity and imperfection of the legislation of Ukraine on education, which the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine uses to illegally restrict the access of citizens of Ukraine to higher education of the third educational and scientific degree. Taking into account the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the article presents the results of a study of the peculiarities of the application of the provisions of the relevant legislative acts in the field of education (with all changes and additions introduced as of September 1, 2024), namely the Law of Ukraine “On Education” (dated September 5, 2017, under No. 2145-VIII), the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” (dated July 1, 2014, under No. 1556- VII) and the “Procedure for Training Candidates for Higher Education Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Sciences in institutions of higher education (scientific institutions)”, approved by Resolution No. 261 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (dated March 23, 2016). At the same time, the research is mainly focused on the peculiarities of applying the above­mentioned legislative acts to determine the differences in the conditions of access to free and paid education and the established legitimacy and feasibility of certain elements of such conditions. Principally this concerns the introduction by the State of Ukraine of unified professional exams and other tests (with the use of external independent evaluation) as a condition for access to the next stage of tests, namely, entrance exams and other tests for admission to study introduced by higher education institutions of Ukraine. That is, the legality of establishing a two-level system of competitions and entrance tests for those who wish to obtain a higher education of the third educational and scientific degree (doctor of philosophy) on a paid basis (i.e., at their own expense or the expense of non-state grants and scholarships) is being considered. The article is the sixth one within the cycle of studies in which the peculiarities of access of Ukrainian citizens to higher education in martial law conditions are addressed.

ZNO-Eval: Benchmarking reasoning capabilities of large language models in Ukrainian

As the usage of large language models for problems outside of simple text understanding or generation increases, assessing their abilities and limitations becomes crucial. While significant progress has been made in this area over the last few years, most research has focused on benchmarking English, leaving other languages underexplored. This makes evaluating the reasoning and robustness level of language models in Ukrainian particularly challenging. The purpose of this work is to establish a comprehensive benchmark for the reasoning capabilities evaluation of large language models in the Ukrainian language. This paper presents the ZNO-Eval benchmark based on real exam tasks from Ukraine's standardized educational testing system: the External Independent Evaluation and the National Multi-subject Test. With single- answer options, multiple-choice, matching, and open-ended questions from diverse subjects, including Ukrainian language, mathematics, history, and geography, this dataset paves the way toward a thorough analysis of reasoning capabilities across different domains and complexities. Evaluation of several well-known language models, such as GPT-3.5-Turbo, GPT-4o, GPT-4-Turbo, Mistral Large, Claude 3 Opus, and Gemini-1.5 Pro on this benchmark demonstrated the superiority of GPT-4o in both common knowledge reasoning and intricate language tasks. At the same time, Gemini Pro and GPT-4 Turbo excelled in the arithmetic domain, leading in single-answer and open-ended math problems. While all models were close to max performance in text-only common knowledge tasks like history and geography, there still is a gap for Ukrainian language and math, thus highlighting the importance of developing specialized language benchmarks for more accurate assessments of model capabilities and limitations across different languages and contexts. This research introduced ZNO-Eval, an effective benchmark for evaluating reasoning capabilities, and thoroughly explored the abilities and limitations of modern solutions in the Ukrainian language. Future research should aim to expand the scope of ZNO-Eval to other modalities like images commonly used for exam problem description.

Independent external evaluation of pediatric HCM Risk Scores in predicting severe ventricular arrhythmias

Independent external evaluation of pediatric HCM Risk Scores in predicting severe ventricular arrhythmias

The constitutional right to education as a mechanism for guaranteeing the personal freedom of a person and a citizen

The article analyzes and singles out a scientific problem related to the constitutional right to education and guarantees of its protection in the context of European integration processes. Based on the standards of national and international legislation, the place of the right to education in the system of human rights and its relationship with the catalog of constitutional rights and freedoms was investigated. A proper definition of the constitutional right to education is proposed.
 Particular attention in the article was devoted to the issue of the entry of education into the European space. In order to effectively implement the right to education, particularly in the context of globalization and European integration processes, the education system is being reformed and modernized, including the legal sphere, and its adaptation to European standards.
 The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union is of particular importance for the process of European integration in education. It was found out that the Ministry of Education and Science pays considerable attention to reforms in the field of education and science, including in wartime conditions.
 The constitutional guarantees that make up the content of the constitutional right to education and its protection are analyzed. In particular, attention is devoted to a special guarantee - the protection of the constitutional right to education. Thus, based on the results of the research of the domestic judicial practice and the professional activity of the European Court of Human Rights, the essence and content of the guarantees of protection of the right to education were clarified.
 Analyzing the current judicial practice, it was established that the most frequent reasons for appeals are the following: refusal to recognize a document on higher education (including the procedure for recognizing a foreign educational document by Ukrainian authorities); violation of the rights to higher education by normative legal acts of the executive power, local self-government bodies and other authorities; appeal against the decisions of the appeal commission of the Ukrainian Center for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education, regarding the refusal of registration or violations during the conduct and results of the external independent evaluation; availability of external independent assessment and sufficient education of students regarding this process.

ZNO Exam Preparation Course: Implications of Needs Analysis for Instructional Design

The paper proposes a practical framework of conducting the needs analysis as a constituent of exam teaching and discusses how the findings of these surveys can translate into an actual course design. The participants of the study are a group of five Ukrainian school-leavers, studying on an exam preparation course to take the ‘external independent evaluation’ (ZNO exam). The procedure correlated with the ‘triangulation’ theory, which envisages the use of several instruments to analyse learner needs to enhance the validity of their results. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods (questionnaires, diagnostic testing, observations and informal talks) has been applied to assess the outcomes of the needs analysis, which reveals the learners’ motivation, learning needs, as well as the areas of grammar, vocabulary, and subskills that requires further training. The study has showed that in case the instructional design is based on the outcomes of needs analysis, the teacher can take more informed decisions as to have the course tailored to the actual needs of its participants. Such individualized approach turns learners into co-creators of the course and fosters a more effective and purposeful preparation on their part. Further research could focus on fine-tuning the framework of analysing learner needs to the requirements of any specific exam.

WAYS OF IMPROVING THE CONTENT OF MODERN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS CONSIDERING CONSTRUCTIVE HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

The article is devoted to finding effective ways to improve the content of modern textbooks on Ukrainian literature. The need to introduce the experience of teaching Ukrainian literature of previous historical periods, which provided for the widespread use in the educational process of the concept of the hero as an example to follow, a means of forming patriotism, moral and ethical values of the Ukrainian nation. The general didactic and specific requirements to the modern textbook on the Ukrainian literature are investigated, the most necessary conditions for creation of new textbooks are defined (high-content art texts making the real spiritual heritage of national culture, aesthetic and moral and ethical weight, because the emotional perception of the artistic image has a significant impact on the reader). The peculiarities of interpretation of images of heroes of folklore and literary works in critical and didactic articles of modern textbooks for primary school, as well as the task of external independent evaluation of Ukrainian literature in recent years to fill educational material that promotes patriotic and heroic virtues. It is established that the modern education system should promote the national ideology aimed at serving society, the formation of a citizen-democrat, humanist and patriot (one of the means of such activities is a textbook on Ukrainian literature). It is proved that the challenges of time determine the need to create textbooks on Ukrainian literature, which would: contribute to the formation of a thorough system of knowledge in student youth; presented different points of view on the evaluation of works of art and images of heroes; demonstrated the personal beliefs of literary heroes; contained brief historical references to certain events from works of art; popularized the passionary type of the hero as the embodiment of the best features of the national character of the individual.

THE MODEL OF A NEW UKRAINIAN RURAL SCHOOL AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE FUTURE

A small rural school has several orders of magnitude and fewer possibilities for meeting educational goals. The remoteness of settlements from scientific centers, the worse level of provision of the educational and material base, and the level of professional training of teachers, which does not always meet the requirements of work, caused this. A small school is not only to give students a sum of knowledge on the basics of science but also to teach them to think creatively, avoiding templates. The time under martial law in which our children are growing up is difficult. In today's whirlwind, adults can't always withstand enormous stress, so we rarely think about how our children live now. For those, we meet occasionally and for whom we are accountable to their parents and society. Education in rural schools is a cornerstone for discussion, and not only in our country. The debate continues, but in most cases, the arguments are not in favor of supporting small rural schools with small classes when there is an alternative at a reasonable distance. Rural schools in Ukraine, despite their high cost, cannot provide quality and affordable education services. The availability of premises and a few students in a class are all advantages of rural education. Success in rural areas significantly lags indicators of success in the city. And the results of the External Independent Evaluation (ZNO), both at the national level and in individual regions, confirm this every year. According to international experience and research, the most acceptable method of reform is school network optimization and the preservation of small schools only in remote, physically isolated communities, where it is simply impossible to transport students and teachers to school in an acceptable period. Optimization makes it possible to use funds and improves the quality of education in rural areas.

PROFESSIONAL METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPING PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PROJECT COMPETENCY

A modern foreign language teacher is expected to practice using skillfully a variety of teaching approaches, methods, forms, techniques, and tools, including project-based learning method. Practical application of project-based instruction is emphasised in Ukrainian national educational standards and teacher training curricula. According to the Ukrainian national curriculum of external independent evaluation of in-service primary teachers’ professional development, a school teacher needs to know about the projectbased pedagogy, project-based instructional methodology, teaching techniques at project-based model steps, and be able to engage pupils into project work, make up driving questions, use Socratic discussion method, prepare project-based lesson plans, assess pupil project works, i.e. must be ready to implement project-based learning in school. In this regard, the problem of developing foreign language teachers’ project competency as an integral part of their professional methodological expertise is a current isssue. The aim of the elective course “English language teaching through pupils’ project-based learning” from the curriculum for students majoring in specialty 014 Secondary education is to familiarise pre-service English teachers with the theory and practice of project-based teaching methodology and to develop their professional methodological skills of planning, organising, coordinating, and assessing pupil project works. This publication briefly describes the objectives and contents of the elective course, specifies suggested instructional types, teaching and assessment methods. Examples of theoretical and practical professional methodological training activities are given.

MONITORING ACCORDING TO ESG PRINCIPLES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF BUSINESS ENTITIES

The article defines that in recent years, the realization that certain corporate risks, such as environmental, social practices and corporate governance, can significantly affect the value of the enterprise, its competitiveness and development strategy in the long run. Today, the world is united to solve global problems of the present, which can be solved through the introduction of the latest technologies and a progressive approach to business assessment. The authors emphasize the importance of ESG-investing in the process of transformation into a low carbon economy and its impact on the competitiveness of enterprises. Arsenal of effective measures for the formation of a regulatory environment has been identified. ESG-Investment, the introduction of which in domestic practice will allow to make effective and optimal management decisions. The article substantiates that the practice of external independent evaluation of ESG-face based on open sources is becoming more and more popular in Ukraine. Changing the values of human life in recent years and the Covid-19 pandemic showed the need for a strategic approach to environmental and social risks. It is determined that investors are increasingly insisting on companies with ESG criteria companies, international politicians and procedures. It is substantiated that ESG strategy is a very important tool for sustainable development that allows the enterprises of the DTEK group at the highest level to integrate environmental, social and management standards. The article proves that during the restoration of the country after Russia’s aggression, almost all investments will come to Ukraine on the basis of ESG, so the drivers of sustainable development increase. Therefore, Ukrainian companies today, in these difficult times, need help in understanding and implementing these principles.

Evaluation of access and participation plans: Understanding what works

We present an analysis of two current policy options to improve evaluation of access and participation work: independent external evaluation vs. in-house evaluation. Evaluation of access and participation work needs to be well-conducted, objective and widely disseminated, regardless of the outcome. Independent external evaluation is likely to provide objectivity and the right skills, but providing effective and timely feedback may be prohibitively expensive. Without support, in-house practitioner teams risk lack of objectivity and skills. Neither external nor in-house evaluation is likely to solve issues of publication bias; usage of open science principles could help. Working with academics and other experts internal to the institution could provide the skills to work well under the open science framework. Working as a sector to avoid duplication of effort is likely to get us further, faster.

The development of students’ English reading skills within their preparation to external independent evaluation

The development of students’ English reading skills within their preparation to external independent evaluation

PROFESSIONAL METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPING PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PROJECT COMPETENCY

A modern foreign language teacher is expected to practice using skillfully a variety of teaching approaches, methods, forms, techniques, and tools, including project-based learning method. Practical application of project-based instruction is emphasised in Ukrainian national educational standards and teacher training curricula. According to the Ukrainian national curriculum of external independent evaluation of in-service primary teachers’ professional development, a school teacher needs to know about the projectbased pedagogy, project-based instructional methodology, teaching techniques at project-based model steps, and be able to engage pupils into project work, make up driving questions, use Socratic discussion method, prepare project-based lesson plans, assess pupil project works, i.e. must be ready to implement project-based learning in school. In this regard, the problem of developing foreign language teachers’ project competency as an integral part of their professional methodological expertise is a current isssue. The aim of the elective course “English language teaching through pupils’ project-based learning” from the curriculum for students majoring in specialty 014 Secondary education is to familiarise preservice English teachers with the theory and practice of project-based teaching methodology and to develop their professional methodological skills of planning, organising, coordinating, and assessing pupil project works. This publication briefly describes the objectives and contents of the elective course, specifies suggested instructional types, teaching and assessment methods. Examples of theoretical and practical professional methodological training activities are given.

Features of the Study of Mathematical Analysis by Masters at a Pedagogical University

The article is devoted to the determination of the peculiarities of the study of mathematical analysis by master's students, future mathematics teachers, at a pedagogical university. The purpose of the article is to identify the main directions of practice-oriented teaching of mathematical analysis to masters of pedagogical higher education institution and to reveal the methods of implementing these directions in practice. In the course of the research such methods were used as an analysis of pedagogical and scientific-methodical literature, textbooks on mathematical analysis, school textbooks, materials of external independent evaluation (EIE), Internet sources; analysis of personal experience in teaching mathematical analysis at a pedagogical higher education institution; observations, conversations, experiment. Results. Currently, education at higher education institutions is based on a credit system, which gives students the prerogative to independently choose special elective courses for further study of subjects, but basic disciplines that are mandatory components, such as mathematical analysis, remain planned and unchanged. The study of mathematical analysis by masters should be oriented towards future professional activity, that is, it is necessary to focus on practice-oriented education when teaching this discipline. Practice-oriented training is considered as a process of assimilation of an educational program by masters with the aim of obtaining practical knowledge, abilities and skills necessary in a professional environment, that is, as a type of training in the process of which the formation and development of students' professional competencies takes place. The goal of practice-oriented training is to help the student «discover» and apply the acquired theoretical knowledge, learn to independently solve problems, adapt to the profession in modern conditions. The practice-oriented orientation of teaching mathematical analysis at pedagogical higher education institutions assumes the formation of students' methodical skills inseparable from subject skills. The article substantiates the role of mathematical analysis in the formation of mathematical competence and methodical literacy of the future teacher of mathematics. Conclusions. In the course of the study, based on the analysis of the content of the discipline «Selected issues of mathematical analysis» and the experience of teaching it at a pedagogical higher educational institution, the directions of master's students’ practice-oriented training this discipline at pedagogical higher educational institutions were highlighted. These include the following: 1) learning to analyse mathematical objects and the conditions in which they are specified; 2) creation of situations of new knowledge «discovery»; 3) organization of master's students' research activities and formation of their relevant skills; 4) organization of work with tests. Each direction is illustrated with examples from the mathematical analysis course.

MONITORING ACCORDING TO ESG PRINCIPLES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF BUSINESS ENTITIES

The article defines that in recent years, the realization that certain corporate risks, such as environmental, social practices and corporate governance, can significantly affect the value of the enterprise, its competitiveness and development strategy in the long run. Today, the world is united to solve global problems of the present, which can be solved through the introduction of the latest technologies and a progressive approach to business assessment. The authors emphasize the importance of ESG-investing in the process of transformation into a low carbon economy and its impact on the competitiveness of enterprises. Arsenal of effective measures for the formation of a regulatory environment has been identified. ESG-Investment, the introduction of which in domestic practice will allow to make effective and optimal management decisions. The article substantiates that the practice of external independent evaluation of ESG-face based on open sources is becoming more and more popular in Ukraine. Changing the values ​​of human life in recent years and the Covid-19 pandemic showed the need for a strategic approach to environmental and social risks. It is determined that investors are increasingly insisting on companies with ESG criteria companies, international politicians and procedures. It is substantiated that ESG strategy is a very important tool for sustainable development that allows the enterprises of the DTEK group at the highest level to integrate environmental, social and management standards. The article proves that during the restoration of the country after Russia’s aggression, almost all investments will come to Ukraine on the basis of ESG, so the drivers of sustainable development increase. Therefore, Ukrainian companies today, in these difficult times, need help in understanding and implementing these principles.

The efficiency of labor immigration regulations: approaches and methods of assessment

A number of modern approaches and methods for assessing the efficiency of labor immigration regulations are considered. The efficiency of immigration policy we understand as the ability of regulatory mechanisms to ensure timely, differentiated, and orderly attraction of desirable migrants to the country's economy in such a way that this resource brings maximum benefit in solving current problems of socio-economic development and does not threaten national security. Sources for research: an array of official documents of Russia, EU countries, the ILO in the field of migration regulation (strategies, reports, results of evaluation procedures, statistics), and relevant scientific literature. General scientific and comparative methods are used in the work. Two polar approaches are distinguished in the international literature: "bureaucratic" (based on the principles of project management and associated with the development of procedures for external independent evaluation of specific measures (projects) of migration policy) and "academic" (search for common theoretical models and universal methods that allow on a single basis to compare the results of migration regulation in different countries). The Russian literature also identifies two clusters that differ in priority criteria for evaluating effectiveness: (1) assessment of the adequacy of migration policy to the economic interests of Russia (taking into account the demands of regional labor markets), (2) the ability to guarantee the interests of public safety and strengthening the unity of the multinational people of Russia. The combination of competing criteria can give a more comprehensive idea of the effectiveness of migration policy, but the practical implementation of the approach is still difficult.

Зовнішні фактори впливу на результативність участі здобувачів освіти у зовнішньому незалежному оцінюванні в розрізі адміністративно-територіальних одиниць

The article is devoted to the issue of determining the external factors influencing the effectiveness of the participation of students of basic secondary education in the external independent evaluation in terms of two administrative- territorial units representing different regions of Ukraine. The study is based on the results of a survey of eleventh-graders in Lviv and Zaporizhzhya regions on their attitudes and strategies for preparing for testing. The study also used generalized statistics on the effectiveness of the participation of students who took the survey in the external independent evaluation. Hypothesis tested, that the results of external independent evaluation of its participants depend linearly on such external factors as the strategy of preparation for external evaluation, the level of logistics of the process of preparation for home and the social status of parents who should finance additional investments in their children’s education. Strategies for preparation for external evaluation are combined into those that do not require (self-preparation and preparation during lessons), and those who need (tutoring and preparatory courses at higher education institutions), additional financial infusions from parents. It is proved that the linear relationship between the results of the EIT and the application of strategies for its preparation, which do not require financial injections, is not significant. There is a direct linear strong link between the results of the external independent evaluation and the strategy for preparing for testing (in our case, tutoring classes), which require the infusion of additional financial resources from the family. There is also a significant linear relationship between the results of testing students and the social status of their parents, who have the appropriate economic capital to finance the additional costs of preparing children for external evaluation. Tutoring is attended by 12% to 25% of students in Zaporizhzhya and 32% to 52% in Lviv. This is how we explain the difference between the average results of external evaluation in the two regions. Mathematical regression models have been developed, where the result is the average result of the external evaluation, and the factor characteristics are the percentage of students who work with a tutor, the average level of logistics of preparing students for external evaluation at home, social status of parents. Thus, it has been established that the economic capital of the family is one of the external factors in the effectiveness of students’ external independent assessment.

Educational infrastructure of territorial communities in the conditions of war: problems and risks

The hostilities in Ukraine in 2022 had a devastating effect not only on the critical infrastructure of the regions but also on the educational infrastructure, resulting in the loss by some educational institutions of the ability to perform their functions, and other educational infrastructure began to perform functions not typical for them, including the accommodation of temporarily displaced persons. The article aims to outline the peculiarities of the functioning of the educational infrastructure in territorial communities during the war and to identify its exploitation problems and risks. The following methods are used for the study: abstract-logical, comparative analysis, graphical visualization, and statistical. The article analyzes the functioning of secondary educational institutions of territorial communities during the war in Ukraine. The regional peculiarities of the scale of the educational infrastructure destruction are clarified. Peculiarities and problems of exploitation of the territorial communities’ educational infrastructure in relatively stable regions are revealed. The algorithm of actions taken by local authorities of territorial communities to realize the exploitation of the infrastructure of educational institutions for a temporary stay of temporarily displaced persons is considered. The following risks caused by the war are identified: loss of human capital due to migration processes among students and educators, risks of financing general secondary education and reducing the quality of educational services, and limited possibility of resuming offline learning due to the destruction of educational institutions and the need for misuse. The peculiarities and problems of the organization of external independent evaluation in the conditions of martial law are analyzed, in particular, the simplification of the procedure of external evaluation and a number of risks for future applicants are clarified.

СТАТИСТИЧНЕ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ВІТЧИЗНЯНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ ЗАГАЛЬНОЇ СЕРЕДНЬОЇ ОСВІТИ ІЗ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯМ ДОСВІДУ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИХ ДЕРЖАВ

General secondary education is the core of the educational system of any country and the basis for successful education at subsequent levels of lifelong learning. Therefore, in order to address the need to transform education in the context of globalization, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis of its state and conditions of development, identify characteristic trends, assess the effectiveness of the national system of secondary education, taking into account the results of interstate comparisons. The article considers the existing international systems of assessment of the state of secondary education and their application in the internal system of education on the example of such European countries as the Czech Republic, Finland and Estonia. The results of the international PISA education quality survey in Ukraine in 2018 are presented. The study of the quality of the activities of the general secondary education institutions was conducted on the example of the territorial communities of the Lviv region. The results of the participants of the external independent evaluation and state final certification for 2016–2021 were analyzed. In our analytical study, we also used financial indicators that allow us to assess the effectiveness of the use of funds from the state and local budgets. For this purpose, the calculation and comparative analysis of the most important indicators used in modern research by domestic and foreign scientists were carried out, in particular, the average salary of pedagogical workers; average costs per student, average costs per class, average class size, average number of students per teacher, etc. Research results show that the highest number of students per class, the highest number of students per teacher and, consequently, the lowest average cost per student are observed in general secondary schools of the urban territorial communities. As evidenced by the results of the external examination, a higher quality of school education is ensured. Thus, for example, local authorities managing the education system should look for ways to further improve national school education at other levels of budget funding. The use of European experience will help Ukrainian educational institutions to find a way to a certain vision and achieve the goals of the development strategy.

Аналіз ефективності вступної кампанії закладів вищої освіти України та способів її підвищення шляхом впровадження інформаційних технологій

The article considers the enrollment campaign of higher education institutions of Ukraine as one of the strategically important areas of their activities. The analysis of modern scientific research that considers the introductory campaign's organization and carrying out and their basic tendencies are defined. One of the priorities of higher education institutions, which needs constant research and improvement, is the search for and implementation of technological innovations, particularly during the introductory campaign. To determine possible ways to implement technologies that would give an effective result for the institution itself and applicants and society as a whole, the concept of the effectiveness of the introductory campaign is analyzed. The main indicators of efficiency are the quantitative and qualitative set of students according to the goals and opportunities of each educational institution. The peculiarities of the interaction of entrants as the target audience and the educational institution to provide the effectiveness of those indicators. To determine the target audience's information needs, authors present an analysis of the statistical data of the admission campaign of the Lviv Polytechnic National University. Dataset included information about the 1st year full-time bachelor's program applicants. The analysis was carried out based on the following indicators: the number of applications for the state budget, the maximum possible number of budget places determined by the university, the priority of applications for admission, and external independent evaluation scores. The analysis allowed to identify current needs for applicants and educational institutions. In order to support the decision-making of applicants and solve the problems facing the university, it was proposed to implement an information system, the main components of which are the recommendation of possible educational programs for admission and evaluation of the success of admission. Following the limitations and requirements of this study and the objectives, set general requirements for the information system.

МОЖЛИВОСТІ ВДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ БЮДЖЕТНОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ШКІЛЬНОЇ ОСВІТИ В УКРАЇНІ

The efficiency of budgetary funding for general secondary education is a quite relevant issue, as such funding requires a significant proportion of budget resources spent on education. International researchers have suggested different approaches to determining this efficiency. The article examines if it’s possible to use one of the modifications of the Data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to assess the efficiency of budget financing of general secondary education. This method was tested on the data on the financing of schools in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine in 2020 using resources from four types of local communities budgets (regional budget, city budget, district budget and the LC budget). The resulting indicators of the model (outputs of funding) have been constructed based on the results of the nationwide external independent assessment in several subjects, which the students obtained after graduation. The authors offered several variants of the resulting indicator and calculated the integrated efficiency indicator. It is shown that it is partly possible to solve the problems of optimization of the network of secondary education institutions by the simulation approach using DEA. The quality of education is generally lower in small general secondary education institutions, as such they need to be reorganized. At the same time, other school activity indicators that may not be reflected in education statistics need to be taken into account when making final management decisions to optimize the school network, in addition to the results of a nationwide independent external evaluation. In particular, economic and social factors should be further considered, such as the possibility of economic development of the settlement at the expense of local resources, infrastructure, proximity to markets, energy factors, etc. In this case, the methods of economic and mathematical simulation are applicable.