As part of the All-Ukrainian program tour-discussion of the draft Program "Strategy for the Development of Ukraine," an educational seminar "Education of Ukraine of the New Millennium: Challenges Born of Freedom" was held on December 26 in Lutsk with the participation of Pavlo Khobzei, an expert of the educational project of the Party "People's Union Our Ukraine," education experts, local school principals, heads of higher educational institutions, and others.
The seminar discussed the need to modernize schools under current demographic conditions; the establishment of a public-state system of education management; the participation of the third sector in educational activities; and the pedagogization of the public.
Seminar participants engaged in heated discussion on the topic of combating corruption and called this very problem the cornerstone of modern education. Overcoming corruption by creating independent centers for external testing of graduates is one of the forms of combating the evil of corruption.
There was also discussion of completing the equipping of schools with computer technology and connecting all schools to the Internet. According to Mykhailo Popovych, head of the regional department of education and science, schools in the region are 98% computerized, and 310 schools have the ability to use the Internet. M. Popovych also assured that a foundation has been created in the region for beginning the reform of the educational system with the aim of ensuring greater quality and efficiency of the educational process.