Media: Ministry of Justice has not cancelled the order of the Ministry of Education and Science on the impossibility of deferment for postgraduates
26 July 2024 16:27
The order of the Ministry of Education, which made it impossible for contractual postgraduate students to defer their studieshas been left in force. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" reports with reference to the Times of Ukraine media outlet.
On their official Telegram channel, the journalists reported that they had received information from sources in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
Telegram users have already reacted to this information. Here is what Ukrainians wrote:
- What else could we expect from Malyuska?
- The prices for state-funded admission have soared to unacceptable levels.
- The order is for “their own”, because the rest will not get on the budget.
- A ministry that is against education cannot be called the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
- What kind of Ministry of Justice is it that legitimises an order that violates people’s rights?
- Why does the future Ukraine need PhDs? Postgraduate students belong in the trenches.
- What does Ukraine need smart people for? Everyone to the trenches! It seems that no one is going to rebuild the state.
- That’s interesting. What’s the rationale?
It should be noted that as of 16:00 on 26 July, the official website of the Ministry of Justice and the Facebook page did not contain information about the relevant order of the Ministry of Education.
What you need to know about the special order of the Ministry of Education and Science
In late June, the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksen Lisovyi issued a special orderwhich deprived full-time postgraduate students of the right to study on a contract basis. Thus, the ministry amended the Procedure for admission to study for bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and doctoral degrees in 2024.
They have been introduced by a special order of the Ministry of Education, adopted on the basis of special powers granted by the Law “On Education” for the period of martial law.
The main innovations include
- the number of state-funded places in postgraduate studies will be increased from 2,000 to 7,000
- it will be possible to enrol in postgraduate studies on a contract basis only for part-time or evening studies, which do not entitle you to deferment.
In this regard, an appeal was received from the NGO Youth Human Rights Agency, which Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal instructed to be considered by The State Regulatory Service (SRS). Representatives of the Association of Student Governments and the Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions also appealed to the state regulator.
They complained that the Ministry’s leadership had violated the Constitution and a number of laws of Ukraine, which could lead to an outflow of academics and dismissal of university staff.
According to the applicants, such actions of the Ministry of Education and Science will lead to an outflow of young Ukrainian scientists to foreign universities and research institutions, significant losses of extra-budgetary funding for higher education institutions of Ukraine of all forms of ownership and, as a result, to the forced dismissal of some of the academic staff of these institutions and deterioration of the prospects for the development of domestic university science.
In its turn, the SRS noted that the orders of the Ministry of Education and Science are not in line with international treaties and agreements ratified by Ukraine. The main violations relate to the right to education, non-discrimination and proportionality of restrictions in a state of emergency.
As a result, the state regulator concluded that the provisions of the MES orders violate several international treaties and agreements ratified by Ukraine in terms of restrictions on the right to education, fail to ensure equality and non-discrimination requirements, and do not comply with the principles of proportionality and justification of restrictions under martial law.
