Moving Toward Effectiveness, Equity and Efficiency (RESUME3)
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Moving toward Effectiveness, Equity and Efficiency (RESUME3) Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Overview ..........................................................................................................................................7 1. How does Ukraine’s education system perform?.............................................................................. 8 2. What does Ukraine need to do to strengthen its education reform agenda? ................................... 14 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 32 Chapter 1: The Context for Education Reform in Ukraine ............................................................. 35 Education System Structure .................................................................................................................... 35 Trends Shaping Education Reform in Ukraine ....................................................................................... 36 Ukraine’s Ambitious Agenda for Education Reform.............................................................................. 40 Public Perceptions of Education Reform ................................................................................................ 44 Chapter 2: Assessing Education and Labor Market Outcomes in Ukraine ..................................... 48 Learning Outcomes and Skills Supply .................................................................................................... 48 Labor Market Outcomes ......................................................................................................................... 52 Returns to Education ............................................................................................................................... 55 Employment Structure and Demand for Tertiary Education .................................................................. 58 School to Work Transition ...................................................................................................................... 62 Chapter 3: Ensuring that All Students Learn in the New Ukrainian School .................................... 69 Ensuring Readiness to Learn .................................................................................................................. 69 Aligning Incentives for Teachers ............................................................................................................ 73 Spending Wisely for Capable School Networks ..................................................................................... 83 Assessing Learning and Monitoring Quality .......................................................................................... 92 Providing Equal Opportunities to Prepare for Higher Education ........................................................... 94 Chapter 4: Strengthening the Sustainability and Transparency of Higher Education .................. 104 Massification and Inefficiency of the Higher Education System .......................................................... 105 Improving Efficiency and Transparency of Financing ......................................................................... 115 Ensuring Transparent and Equitable Access to Higher Education ....................................................... 120 Governing the Higher Education System .............................................................................................. 123 Strengthening Quality, Relevance, and Integrity .................................................................................. 125 Chapter 5: Directions for the Future of Education in Ukraine ...................................................... 138 Articulating a Vision for Improving Education Quality and Relevance ............................................... 138 What needs to be done to achieve that vision? ..................................................................................... 140 2 References .................................................................................................................................... 151 Annex 1: Education System Structure .......................................................................................... 159 Annex 2: Literature Review on Returns to Education in Ukraine ................................................. 160 Annex 3: Methodology and Estimation Results for Analysis of Secondary School Learning Outcomes ...................................................................................................................................... 162 Annex 4: Donor Mapping ............................................................................................................. 172 Annex 5: Stakeholder Mapping for Higher Education Governance and Policymaking ................. 175 Annex 6: Universities with the Largest Share of Public Funding .................................................. 177 3 Acknowledgements This report was written by a team led by James Gresham and Diego Ambasz, and included Suhas Parandekar, Juan Manuel Moreno, Simon Thacker, Lucia Casap, Subhashini Rajasekaran, Iryna Kohut, Inna Sovsun, Olga Kupets, and Gülcan Yayla. The CEDOS think tank led by Yegor Stadny provided data and background analysis. Additional data and analysis were also provided by Yevhen Nikolaiev and Lyudmyla Sokuryanska. Support was provided by Larysa Khaletska and Patrick Biribonwa. The analysis was carried out under the overall supervision of Satu Kähkönen, Country Director, Ukraine and Harry A. Patrinos, Practice Manager, Education. Valuable comments at various stages of the project were received from Feng Zhao, Halsey Rogers, Elizabeth Ninan, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Jason Weaver, Soren Nellemann, Lars Sondergaard, Anthony Gaeta, Klavdiya Maksymenko, and Anastasia Golovach. The team benefited greatly from discussions at various formal and informal meetings with representatives of various government agencies, local authorities, and the donor community. In particular, valuable comments were received from experts of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Institute for Education Analytics, the Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment, the Institute for Educational Content Modernization, and the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. 4 List of Acronyms AH Amalgamated hromada CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CMU Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine CPD Continuous Professional Development DISO State Information System of Education (EMIS) EACEA Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EU) ECA Europe & Central Asia ECTS European Credit Transfer System EDEBO Unified State Electronic Education Database EHEA European Higher Education Area EIT External Independent Test EMIS Education Management Information System EQF European Qualifications Framework ESG European Standards and Guidelines ETF European Training Foundation EU European Union EUR Euros GDP gross domestic product HCI Human Capital Index HEI Higher education institution HEMIS Higher education management information system HLCS Household Living Conditions Survey ICT Information and communication technology IDP Internally displaced persons IEA Institute for Education Analytics IERC Inclusive Education Resource Center INSET In-Service Teacher Education and Training ISCED International Standard Classification of Education ISCO International Standard Classification of Occupations LFS Labor Force Survey LLL Lifelong learning MELQO Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes initiative MOES Ministry of Education and Science MOEDT Ministry of Economic Development and Trade MOF Ministry of Finance MOH Ministry of Health NAQAHE National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education NASU National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine NBPTS National Board for Professional Teaching Standards NQF National Qualification Framework NUS New Ukrainian School OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PD Professional development PES Public Employment Services PIAAC Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies PISA Programme for International Student Assessment PPP Purchasing Power Parity PRESET Pre-Service Teacher Education and Training 5 R&D Research and development SABER Systems Approach for Better Education Results SAC State Accounting Chamber SAS State Audit Service SLC School Leaving Certificate SRS State Regulatory Service SSEQ State Service of Education Quality SSSU State Statistics Service of Ukraine STEP Skills Toward Employment and Productivity STI Science, Technology and Innovation TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study UAH Ukrainian hryvnias UCEQA Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment UIS UNESCO Institute for Statistics UK United Kingdom ULMS Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey USA United States of America USD United States dollars USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) VET Vocational education and training WDI World Development Indicators WDR World Development Report 6 Overview Today, Ukraine is at a crossroads: despite impressive transformation in some sectors of the economy, the foundations of the emerging new economy are still fragile.