The Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration is asking the authorities to simplify the admissions process for graduates from frontline areas
24 July 18:41
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The leadership of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration is preparing an official appeal to the President of Ukraine and the chair of the relevant parliamentary committee, requesting support for two bills — one to reduce the number of required subjects on the National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT) and another to allow applicants from frontline regions to enroll in universities in those regions with a deferred External Independent Testing (EIT). Yulia Grishina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science, and Innovation and a People’s Deputy of Ukraine, spoke about this in an interview with the YouTube channel "Komersant Ukrainian".
“I spoke with the deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration. They are preparing a letter to the President of Ukraine and to the chair of the Education Committee to support a bill to reduce the number of subjects on the National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT) and to allow for a deferred ZNO in frontline regions. Because the situation there is very difficult,” the MP said.
According to her, the initiative to postpone the ZNO for children in frontline regions came from the rectors of universities located near the front lines. It was also supported by the heads of most of the frontline regional military administrations, who are documenting the exodus of residents and students from these territories.
“We are losing universities, we are losing people, we are losing entire regions. That is why we need to make comprehensive decisions on how to keep them there,” says Hryshyna.
As an example, she cited Sumy State University, which is one of the main contributors to the city’s budget.
“If Sumy State University closes or relocates somewhere else, the city of Sumy will cease to exist. We spoke with the head of the regional military administration and the mayor—there will be no Sumy,” she emphasized.
As a reminder, two bills have been registered in the Verkhovna Rada aimed at adapting the college admissions process to wartime conditions. One of them allows children from frontline regions to enroll in universities near the front lines with the option to take the External Independent Testing (EIT) in a year or two—the so-called “deferred EIT” bill; while the other aims to reduce the number of required subjects on the national multi-subject test from four to three. Both initiatives are currently under consideration by parliament.
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