Iryna Prohorova,
public relation manager
“The school program in Ukraine is overstretched. We should return to the Soviet 10-year system. It worked well. The earlier the students graduate from high school, the more university degrees they have time for.”
Anna Prutnykova,
stage director
“We wanted to look more like Europe when we started 12 years of schooling. But then we should have canceled specialist degree [a degree in between of bachelor’s and master’s non-existent outside of the post-Soviet space] which is not recognized abroad. One year is not such a big deal.”
Yulia Bas,
student
“Pupils don’t like the 12-year system because they want to start working as soon as possible. Most of them don’t know that in Europe, most of the students study 1 year more than we do. But the question is not years, but financing schools properly and having quality education.”
Oleksandr Nazarov,
soldier
“It depends on how they do it. But it looks like the government doesn’t have money for the 12-grade system, so they took a step back. It’s sad that everything depends on politicians because politicians simply confuse people. What should those students who are in the middle of the new program do now?”
Olena Valenuk,
student
“I graduated from high school in Canada and I think 12 years of school was a waste of time. We really got to the important subjects in the 9th grade. I think 11 years is enough.”
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