The battle for education in Ukraine

Описание: How to improve Ukraine’s education system during a time of war was the main topic of discussion at a recent education festival in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. More than 2,000 Ukrainian teachers gathered for the Teachers of the Future 2025 festival to discuss efforts to reshape schools across the country. Despite Russia’s ongoing war of aggression, Ukrainian policymakers are pushing forward with reforms to tailor learning for all students so they can fulfil their full potential. The New Ukrainian School reforms, launched in 2016, focus on developing key life competencies, empowering teachers and fostering critical thinking and creativity in pupils. The OECD is working to support Ukraine’s reform, recovery and reconstruction programmes. The OECD’s Duncan Crawford spoke to policymakers, teachers and students at the festival about the impact of the reforms.