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Olena Dovzhenko has now written an article clarifying what happened. She explains that she was not dismissed, and resigned herself, however says that she was put under pressure | detail
In Donetsk parents and students of Ukrainian School No. 136 in the Budyonivsk District have managed to avert the closure of the school | detail
Reports are emerging of attempts to prevent residents of this Orphanage, the focus of scrutiny and criticism last week, from communicating with the outside world | detail
There are contradictory reports about the Torez Orphanage for children and young adults with special needs, and the impact of recent media reports alleging shocking conditions in an institutions housing very vulnerable children. They need more than a shocking article or two | detail
Representatives of the Lviv National University are convinced that the new Concept, which envisages extension of the use of Russian, and no measures regarding Ukrainian, runs counter to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages | detail
It is planned from the new academic year to make students receiving State-funded education to compensate the State for the money spent on their education and to establish economically warranted payment for hostel accommodation | detail
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted as a base a draft law introducing amendments strengthening liability for child pornography and restrictions on external advertising. With its entry into force, the Law on the Protection of Public Morality would be revoked | detail
The dismissal of Ihor Likarchuk from his post as Director of the Ukrainian Centre for Assessing Educational Quality has been widely criticized as a political move and likely to still further jeopardize independent assessment and therefore equal access to education | detail
University World News has drawn its readers’ attention to the warnings issued by the President of Kyiv Mohyla Academy regarding draft legislation on higher education and pressure being placed on the university itself | detail
In an official statement, the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University [UCU], Father Boris Gudzyak has called on the Ministry of Education to study the Kyiv Mohyla Academy’s educational system and extend its experience to the entire sphere of higher education | detail
We appeal for public support for the position of the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” in our stand against the self-isolation of Ukrainian universities, and against the further degradation of research and education in Ukraine (address for signing a petition) | detail
The President of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy has addressed an open letter regarding the policies of the Minister of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk which he believes jeopardizes higher education in Ukraine and is aimed at closing his independent university | detail
Around 18% of the services providing child pornography are now on Ukrainian territory. Children’s rights defenders say that their number has increased since Russia began fighting cybercrime better | detail
La Strada Ukraine is calling on parliament to pass two important bills aimed at ensuring that those guilty of sexual exploitation of minors are held to account, not their victims | detail
The Ministry of Internal Affairs considers it expedient to introduce a curfew for minors at legislative level | detail
According to Donetsk human rights campaigner, Maria Oliynyk, in the Donetsk region they have begun cutting classes where tuition is in Ukrainian and moving senior school students into a national minority school with Russian as the language of tuition | detail
The proposed amendments introduce liability for the sexual exploitation of children into the Criminal Code with fairly stiff sentences replacing the present inadequate system | detail
While representatives of the Government say that the application process this year avoided corruption , independent experts speak of numerous violations. | detail
Students at Ukrainian institutes are complaining of pressure being brought to bear on them over their active civic position. They speak of “preventive chats” in the Dean’s Office, with threats to expel them | detail
The police claim the curfew will protect children and fight crime, the City School Students’ Council calls it a flagrant violation of young people’s rights | detail
