The schools that will receive computer equipment and training in the Ukrainian-Taiwan educational project “Leave no one behind partnership” have been named. The independent competitive commission of teachers of the Ukrainian Catholic University announced the participants of the educational charity project. 143 educational institutions from three regions applied for the competition. Out of all the candidates, the commission chose 40 schools, whose teachers and administration were interviewed.
The competition ended on July 12, 24 participating schools were selected. 14 schools from Lviv, 6 from Ivano-Frankivsk and 4 from Poltava regions won the selection.
10 schools from Lviv, 4 from communities of the region, 1 school from the city of Ivano-Frankivsk and 5 from the region, and two schools each from the city of Poltava and Poltava region.
Two teachers each from 24 schools will study at the Ukrainian Catholic University for several months under specially developed programs. Educators learn about innovative methods of teaching programming, STEM and robotics. According to university teachers, the basis of the program is the study of methods of working with artificial intelligence. Educators will learn how to use AI and transfer these skills to children and other colleagues.
“During the interviews, we tried to find out more information about the interaction between the teacher and the administration of each school, about the needs and dreams of the teachers. We wanted to understand what achievements each educational institution already has. Accordingly, during the implementation of the project, we will help schools become modern hubs of knowledge. They will teach not only students, but also their parents, fellow teachers from surrounding schools,” – said Yaroslav Prytula, the first vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, doctor of philosophy in mathematical analysis.
After the completion of the educational modules, each school will receive a set of modern computer equipment for the computer science room. Namely: 16 laptops, a projector with a screen, a set for robotics. According to the coordinator of the project, Ulyana Pak, the schools that applied, but did not pass the first selection, will be involved in other areas of the project.
“Teachers immediately actively responded to our idea and we received six applications for each competition place. This means that the project meets the needs of education. Already from July 22, the winners of the selection will start studying in the field of IT. This is the first group of teachers who will improve their professional level. But in addition, our project provides training in entrepreneurship and innovation. We will visit communities and work with children and educational institutions on the spot.” – announced Ulyana Pak.
The project is implemented by the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the support of Taiwan and with the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi. Last year, more than 100 computers were given to schools as part of the project. The educational component was introduced recently with the aim of diversifying opportunities for learning.
“The whole project assumes that we will be able to equip more than a hundred schools with modern computer rooms. For this, various programs will be used: for community development, entrepreneurship, education. We are grateful, firstly, to the government of Taiwan, secondly, to the Ukrainian Catholic University, its excellent teachers, to all those who started and supported this program. And, of course, to the teachers who agreed to participate in the project.
Our goal is to expand this pilot project throughout Ukraine. We want Ukrainian children to return to Ukraine, study in Ukrainian schools and be the world’s best specialists in modern technologies,” – emphasized Mykola Kniazhytskyi, the founder of the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”.
The list of schools-winners of the selection is posted on the pages of the “Leave no one behind partnership” project in social networks:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/leavenoonebehindpartnership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leave.no.one.behind_project?igsh=c3JvbnduMmZ2YXhm
NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”:
https://www.facebook.com/demforum.org
PHOTOS from the archive:
Poltava, 2023, transfer of computers to schools of the Poltava region.
