Because of the parliamentary elections that take place in Ukraine on 28 October, public debates on higher education have a certain spin. Instead of debating necessary reforms, the ruling political forces have been involved in a series of PR stunts.
These stunts have included ‘Russification’ measures and attempts to reshape Ukrainians’ historical memory of Russia, and have been fuelled by vain hopes of getting cheap gas from Russia.
Opposition politicians are right to criticise the government for failing to develop its education policies. After the Orange Revolution there haven’t been any education reforms, although there has been a lot of talk about them.
