Teachers at the university, and students at the entrepreneurship camp: Taiwan’s computerization and innovative education project continues

48 computer science teachers gathered for the second time at the Ukrainian Catholic University for a one-week training session. Educators from Ivano-Frankivsk and Poltava regions came to Lviv to improve their qualifications. 

“IT is a difficult specialty to learn, but it is rewarding. Mastering technologies contributes to the development of our country. For teachers, today’s training sessions are a responsibility and at the same time a great prospect”, – stressed the First Vice-Rector of UCU Yaroslav Prytula. 

At the same time, students from six Lviv schools, under the guidance of coaches from UCU, will study at the entrepreneurship and innovation camp this week. The first camp in Lviv started at the Grono Lyceum of the Lviv City Council.

Improving the qualifications of informatics teachers and training schoolchildren in entrepreneurship are two components of the same project “Leave no one behind in partnership”. It is implemented by the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the support of Taiwan and with the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi. 

According to Ulyana Pak, the coordinator of the “Leave no one behind partnership” project, in just a few months, dozens of schools in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions were covered by educational activities. Educational institutions participating in the project receive new equipment for computer science classrooms. 

“Schools have different levels of technical support. From Taiwan, we received a unique opportunity to install modern computers, projectors with screens in computer science classrooms, and to present robotics kits to schools. We cover facilities in remote communities as well as in cities. First of all, we give new knowledge, and after training – new equipment. In order for computer science lessons to be of high quality, teachers should explain new directions, such as robotics, Python, STEM. At the same time, in innovative education camps, we demonstrate design thinking methods to teenagers and teach them how to plan their own business. After such a course, a young person will have a better idea of ​​what to associate his own future with. I want to thank the teachers who applied to participate in the Ukrainian-Taiwan charity project. It is good that educators act innovatively, are open to partnership and create a comfortable educational space in schools,” Ulyana Pak emphasized.

“It is very important to us that Ukrainian children stay in Ukraine. That they are interested in studying here, doing business, using technology and being modern people in the modern world,” emphasized Mykola Kniazhytskyi, the founder of the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”. the challenges of the global economy. The participation in the camps and trainings will inspire the young people to create a competitive start-up. At the same time, the teachers will improve their skills in teaching digital subjects. The “Leave no one behind partnership” project is a part of Taiwan’s efforts to protect democracy in the world. shares resources for the development of Ukraine. So that we rebuild and develop our state and preserve its talented, hardworking citizens.”

Computers for schools and entrepreneurial experience for students: innovation camps in Drohobych

30 tenth graders from two Drohobych schools took part in the innovation and entrepreneurship camp. Teenagers worked in six teams, under the guidance of coaches of the Ukrainian-Taiwan charity project “Leave no one behind partnership”. Pupils of Lyceum No. 2 of the Drogobytsk City Council and the Communal Institution of the Lviv Regional Council “Regional Scientific Lyceum” proposed their own business projects, conducted business negotiations, and created prototypes of completely new useful products.

“The project is aimed at the development of innovative education for young people and the computerization of schools and covers three regions: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Poltava. In Lviv Oblast we held an entrepreneurship and innovation camp in Sheptytskyi, and the next ones will be held in Stebnik and Lviv. After the training, we give it to the teams certificates, and later we bring them computer equipment for school computer science classrooms. Thanks to Taiwan, we have the opportunity to equip schools with new computers and develop children’s non-standard modern skills,” emphasizes the coordinator of the “Leave no one behind partnership” project, Ulyana Pak. 

Maksym Franchuk is a tenth-grader at the Regional Scientific Lyceum in Drohobych. In the future, the young man plans to study at the Faculty of Law. According to him, the structure of building one’s own business, which the coaches told about during the entrepreneurship camp, helps to understand the components of business.

“There is no such knowledge in the school curriculum. Therefore, the camp is an opportunity for each of us to learn something more useful than in lessons at school,” said Yuliana Veselovska, a tenth-grader of Lyceum No. 2 of the Drogobytsk City Council.

Pupils who participated in the camps receive confidence in their own abilities and useful modern learning materials, and schools receive sets of computer equipment.

“Today, even four or five computer science classrooms are not enough for large schools,” emphasizes Larisa Pankevich, director of Lyceum No. 2 of the Drogobytsk City Council. “Not only high school students, but also junior school students should be involved in computer studies. In addition, not only computer science, but also other subjects should be studied with the help of gadgets, with access to the Internet.” 

Charity project “Leave no one behind partnership” implemented by the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the support of Taiwan and with the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi. 

In total, the project team will conduct 16 educational camps in the Lviv region. In addition, under a separate educational direction of the project, computer science teachers from Brody, Yavorov, Busk, Stryi, together with colleagues from Ivano-Frankivsk and Poltava regions, are improving their qualifications at UCU. 

The project team has already handed over 224 new laptops and projectors with screens to schools in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. 

“We direct the international investment from Taiwan to the education and development of the youth,” noted Mykola Kniazhytskyi, founder of the All-Ukrainian Democratic Form NGO. – Entrepreneurship camps were held in Ivano-Frankivsk region and started in Lviv region, and later will be in Poltava region. After the exercises, we will hand over 1,100 laptops to schools in the three regions. Children from large cities and remote communities of our country will have the same conditions for learning, the same motivation. This is a new generation of Ukrainians who will build a better country”. 

“Leave no one behind partnership” in social networks:  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leavenoonebehindpartnership     

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leave.no.one.behind_project?igsh=c3JvbnduMmZ2YXhm      

Schoolchildren in the Lviv region learn entrepreneurship, while their schools receive Taiwanese computers

Entrepreneurship and innovation camps for schoolchildren have started in Lviv region. Teams of students from two schools in Sheptytskyi (Chervonograd) were the first to learn how to generate innovative ideas and received certificates for new computer equipment for school computer science classrooms. 

More than 400 students study at Chervonograd Gymnasium No. 2. According to the principal, Ruslana Vereskun, two computer rooms of the gymnasium have had technicians since 1999 and 2004. And for important online exams, students bring their own computers from home. At the same time, talented children win IT competitions.

“Last year we won 4 prizes of the city Olympiad. This is a good result. Chervonograd is a mining region, and in the conditions of transformation of the coal industry, children choose future specialties, are interested in professions related to engineering and programming. Schools need new equipment to meet the needs of students,” said the director of the gymnasium.

The goal of the Ukrainian-Taiwanese charity project “Leave no one behind partnership” is to give children additional, innovative knowledge that will be useful to them in adult life and to computerize schools. Project trainers come to schools and hold two-day training sessions with high school students. Children in teams work on original ideas for their own business, learn to negotiate, present an innovative product, and attract investments.

“Many Ukrainian schools lack computers, or the equipment needs to be updated. Thanks to Taiwan, we have the opportunity not only to equip schools with new equipment, but also to develop non-standard modern skills in children. In the Lviv region, we plan to organize and hold 16 educational camps, in Sheptytskyi (Chervonohrad), Drohobych, Stebnyk, Lviv. In addition, computer science teachers from Brody, Yavorov, Buska, Stry are improving their qualifications at UKU. And this is a separate area of the educational project. All schools will be replenished with sets of laptops and projectors,” said the coordinator of the “Leave no one behind partnership” project.

Teams of schoolchildren from 17 educational institutions of the Ivano-Frankivsk region have already generated ideas in entrepreneurship camps. 224 laptops and projectors with screens were given to their schools, in particular to the mountain communities of the region.

The project of innovative education and computerization “Leave no one behind partnership” is implemented by the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the support of Taiwan and with the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi. 

“We direct international investment from Taiwan to education and youth development,” Mykola Kniazhytskyi, the founder of the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Form”, emphasized. – Entrepreneurship camps were held in Ivano-Frankivsk region and started in Lviv region, and later will be in Poltava region. After the exercises, we will hand over 1,100 laptops to schools in the three regions. Children from large cities and remote communities of our country will have the same conditions for learning, the same motivation. This is a new generation of Ukrainians who will build a better country.” 

Pages of the project in social networks: “Leave no one behind partnership”:  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leavenoonebehindpartnership     

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leave.no.one.behind_project?igsh=c3JvbnduMmZ2YXhm      

NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” website: https://www.facebook.com/demforum.org 

The Leave no one behind partnership project continues: Schools in the Ivano-Frankivsk region receive laptops from Taiwan

On Monday, September 9, over two hundred new laptops brought from Taiwan began to be handed over to educational institutions of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, which are participants in the Ukrainian-Taiwanese Leave no one behind partnership project

On Monday, September 9, over two hundred new laptops brought from Taiwan began to be handed over to educational institutions of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, which are participants in the Ukrainian-Taiwanese Leave no one behind partnership project.

Under the terms of the project, schoolchildren studied in two-day entrepreneurship and innovation camps. Student teams proposed innovative business ideas and presented projects to their peers. After training, the children received certificates for computer equipment for school computer science classrooms. 

“Chalk and blackboard have long been in the past, every school needs computer equipment,” says Iryna Sumaruk, head of the department of education, youth and sports of the Verkhovyna settlement council. – “There are no such topics as innovation and entrepreneurship in the school curriculum. You can study this, for example, on paid courses or platforms. And thanks to the Taiwanese educational project, our children have gained valuable knowledge in their community, and modern computer science rooms will appear in schools.”

The Verkhovyna OTG of the Ivano-Frankivsk region unites 11 mountain villages. In total, there are 29 educational institutions in the community, 12 of them are preschool.

“We held the first educational camps in the mountain villages of the Ivano-Frankivsk region. We managed to reach 16 schools in the region, in particular, to visit remote communities. In total, about 5 thousand children study in these educational institutions,” said the project manager in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Maria Makivnychuk. 

“As soon as the computer equipment arrived from Taiwan to Ukraine, we took it to the schoolchildren. It is important that the children from the new school year continue to get acquainted with innovative technologies with modern equipment. Thanks to our partner – Taiwan – we will also hold such camps in the Lviv region, and later in the Poltava region. At the same time, 48 computer science teachers from three regions are currently improving their qualifications at UCU, using a unique methodology. Their schools will also be equipped with computer classes. This is a separate project called “leave no one behind”.

The project is implemented by the “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” public organization with the support of Taiwan and with the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi. The goal of the project is to improve the quality of education and make technology accessible to schoolchildren. 

“As part of our cooperation with partners from Taiwan, dozens of Ukrainian schools will receive computer classes. We will hand over more than 1,100 computers that children will use to learn how to live in the modern world. We started entrepreneurship and innovation camps in mountain communities. Many internally displaced persons came to the mountain regions escaping the war. Local children will have the same opportunities as residents of other villages and cities. This is our investment. in the future, so that young people can live, develop, and work in Ukraine. Our schools must be the best, and the children must be the smartest. Together, we will build a better country,” emphasizes Mykola Kniazhytskyi, the founder of the All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum.