Monday, 3 January 2011

On January 1st registration started for those wishing to participate in external independent testing (EIT). This announcement was made on the official web site of the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA). In 2011 EIT will cover 12 subjects: Ukrainian Language and Literature, Ukrainian History, Russian Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Geography, and Foreign Languages—English, German, French or Spanish. EIT participants can chose up to 5 subjects to test in. Registration for testing will end on February 28th.  read more

Thursday, 30 December 2010

New York—In the United States of America computer technology is being used to fight the epidemic of cheating on school tests. For the longest time the Department of Education in the State of Mississippi could not cope with the spread of cheating, especially during the Subject Assessment Testing Program administered at the completion of high school. Cheaters have become especially widespread since cell phones have become more common. Students pass along answers by text message to each other during the exams.  read more

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Expected graduates who wish to become freshmen at establishments of higher education can begin preparing for the admission process. It is worth noting however that the Ministry of Education and Sciences has made some changes to the admission process for 2011. Yaroslav Bolyubash, Director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Sciences detailed these changes.  read more

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Starting on December 27, 2010 those who wish to get answers to general questions and obtain reliable information regarding all issues connected with EIT, will be able to do so on the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA) web site.  read more

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

The Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA) confirms a new test format for external independent testing (EIT) in 2011. As the Press Service of the UCEQA announced on December 21, 2010, Ihor Likarchuk, Director of the UCEQA has confirmed a new test format will be used for EIT in 2011.  read more

Monday, 20 December 2010

The Admission Campaign in Ukraine will begin on the first day of the New Year. Only seven months later will hopeful freshmen be able to become students. What changes and hidden obstacles does the Ministry of Education and Sciences have up its sleeve for new graduates?  read more

Monday, 20 December 2010

Independent testing of secondary school graduates is promising to be less time consuming for 2011 because there will be no need to wait in lines. Telephone consultations will also be more strictly controlled during testing, warns the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA) read more

Friday, 17 December 2010

December 17th is the last day that payments will be accepted from those wishing to participate in EIT practice testing which is to be held in April of 2011, reports a correspondent from the Information Agency World of Education read more

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

On ratifying the program of External Independent Testing (EIT) read more

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

There will be several changes to external independent testing (EIT) in 2011 announced Ihor Likarchuk, Director of the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA) read more

Friday, 3 December 2010

Yaroslav Bolyubash, Director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine believes that establishing what subjects are required for admission to establishments of higher education (HEIs) was a positive step. “It is very good that they established a list of subjects to include in the admission competition. As a result, in all of Ukraine there is one list of required documents for everyone who wants to apply for a degree in economics. This is very beneficial as it prevents individual HEIs from creating their own demands,” noted Mr. Bolyubash during a press-conference on the topic Rules of Admission to HEIs in 2011: Changes and their Implementation.  read more

Thursday, 2 December 2010

The Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine will open registration for external independent testing (EIT) at the beginning of January 2011. This was noted in letter 1/9-869 from the Ministry of Education and Sciences dated December 1, 2010. In 2011 the admission process for most applicants to establishments of higher education (HEI) will be based on the results of EIT. Exceptions include those who completed their secondary education in or before 2007 and for other groups of Ukrainian citizens and foreigners.  read more

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

In Ukraine registration for practice external independent testing (EIT) ended on December 10th. As of November 29, 2010, in the L’viv Regional Center for Educational Quality Assessment 7732 hopeful freshmen submitted applications to take 12,566 tests. Included in this number, among 1120 graduates of secondary school from the city, 269 individuals [sic} which amounts to 24% of the total number.  read more

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament and a leader of the Batkivshchyna Party, Mykola Tomenko voiced his hopes that students will become actively involved in discussing the new Rules of Admissions to establishments of higher education (HEIs) and will stop the total commercialization of higher education which is occurring in Ukraine.  read more

Friday, 26 November 2010

The Ministry of Education has complained to the Ministry of Finance that its offices do not have the funds to cover the costs of mailing envelopes and stamps it needs to send certificates to external testing (EIT) participants. The Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine does not have the funds to cover the costs of mailing envelopes and stamps necessary to mail certificates to 2011 EIT participants.  read more

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

In the Zaporizhzhiya Institute of Economics and Information Technologies (ZIEIT), and in cooperation with the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment, a seminar was held for hopeful 2011 freshmen. The information agency World of Education was notified of the seminar by the establishment of higher education’s (HEIs) press service.  read more

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Dzerkalo Tyzhnya. Transforming the Peculiar into the Serious, or University Ratings Searching for Promising Criteria of Evaluation. The unpopularity and lack of attention given to this topic by readers is certainly not a threat to University ratings. What is missing from this phenomenon of contemporary academia is consumers’ conviction that ratings are a relevant and reliable evaluation tool. The topic of ensuring reliability in academic ratings was the topic of the Fifth Conference of the International Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG) which was recently held in Berlin. Over 160 experts from 50 countries participated in the Conference. It is worth mentioning that every year the number of participants and the number of countries represented increases; this proves there is an increasing interest in ratings. The number of representatives sent from a given country suggests that these countries understand the importance of ratings as a mechanism constructed by the Global Educational establishment, and that they have a desire to improve the positions of their universities in leading international ratings. For example, the Kazakhstan delegation which included a university that was included this year in the Top-500 international rating QS, had one of the largest delegations at the conference.  read more

Thursday, 18 November 2010

In 2011 in Ukraine is expecting a record low number of students applying to establishments of higher education (HEIs). Many HEIs may close. Tuition paying students will become a rarity and it will be easier to obtain a full government scholarship.  read more

Monday, 15 November 2010

Deputy Minister Yevhen Sulima, Director for the Department of Scientific Activity and Licensing of establishments of higher education, Mykhaylo Honcharenko, Director for the Department for International Cooperation, Omelyan Sukholytkyy, Economic Consultant for the Embassy of the USA in Ukraine, Ladislav Beranek, Media, Education and Culture Consultant for the Embassy of the USA, and Susan Cleary also participated in the meeting.  read more

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Regional Centers for Educational Quality Assessment have started registering people for practice testing. The registration period is from November 10 through December 10th of 2010. For detailed information on how and where to register, practice testing dates and costs, please visit the web site of your regional Center for Educational Quality Assessment and find information under the “Practice Test” section.  read more