OECD Reviews of Integrity in Education: Ukraine 2017
Education in Ukraine is marked by integrity violations from early childhood education and care through postgraduate study. In the past decade policy makers and civic organisations have made progress in addressing these challenges. However, much remains to be done. OECD Reviews of Integrity in Education: Ukraine 2017 aims to support these efforts.
The review examines systemic integrity violations in Ukraine. These include: preferential access to school and pre-school education through favours and bribes; misappropriation of parental contributions to schools; undue recognition of learning achievement in schools; paid supplementary tutoring by classroom teachers; textbook procurement fraud; and, in higher education, corrupt access, academic dishonesty, and unwarranted recognition of academic work.
The report identifies how policy shortcomings create incentives for misconduct and provide opportunities for educators and students to act on these incentives. It presents recommendations to address these weaknesses and strengthen public trust in a merit-based education system. The audience of this report is policy makers, opinion leaders and educators in Ukraine.
Assessment and recommendations
Integrity violations in education can be deeply harmful to the students they serve, and to the wider society and economy. Public funds and family spending are misused, access to learning opportunities may be denied or unfairly awarded, the quality of teaching and learning is diminished, and trust in reliability of education credentials and the institutions that award them is undermined. Nations are deprived the full rewards that a high-performing education system can offer – social inclusion, civic trust, and economic productivity.