Nataliia Tytarenko
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-393X
Tetiana Dron
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-5610
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INDICATORS: UKRAINIAN AND EUROPEAN DIMENSION
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Language: Ukrainian
Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of the main principles of reforming and organising the educational sector in the countries of the European Union and Ukraine, as well as to identifying differences and common features in key educational indicators. The paper analyses the fundamental principles and trends in the development of educational systems. The study demonstrates that Ukraine, as a member of the European community, while reforming its general secondary education system, adheres to the same principles and values as the European education systems, focusing on innovation, a competence-based approach, and the standardisation of the education system. The authors focus on the comparative analysis of the education standardisation process, namely, the comparison of national indicators of education quality with those of the European Union. The importance of education standardisation in Ukraine is underscored by the creation, with the support of international partners, of a dashboard presenting education quality indicators for the education system as a whole and for general secondary education in particular. The results of the study show that groups of educational indicators largely coincide, as they cover the main components of the educational process: resources, structure, organisation, access and results. The identified differences include: funding (in Ukraine this is highlighted as a separate group, whereas in the EU it is reflected indirectly through indicators such as pupils’ access to ICT and funding for teacher professional development); achievement and transition (in Ukraine this refers to transitions between levels of general secondary education, while in EU countries it focuses on transition from secondary to higher education and employment), and education monitoring (EU countries place significant emphasis on cooperation among all participants in the educational process, such as parents’ involvement in organising pupils’ learning activities).
Keywords: educational reform, education system, European Union, Ukraine, educational indicators, standardisation, evidence-based policy.
https://doi.org/10.32987/2617-8532-2025-3-71-81
Keywords: educational reform, education system, European Union, Ukraine, educational indicators, standardisation, evidence-based policy.
https://doi.org/10.32987/2617-8532-2025-3-71-81
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