Optimization of shool education institutions network in Ukraine in conditions of administrative-territorial reform: reasons, regional differences, ways of implementation
Journal Title: Часопис соціально-економічної географії - Year 2017, Vol 22, Issue 1
Abstract
The authors of the article analyse the dynamics of the network of general educational institutions in the post-Soviet period of Ukraine's development. They determine that the rate of reduction of the schoolchildren contingent (47.5%) during 1990-2016 signifi-cantly exceeded the rate of reduction in the number of educational institutions (22.5%), which caused the formation of ungraded schools. It is stated that the largest number of ungraded schools belongs to the regions with a complicated demographic situation and low populated settlements, in particular Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The general financial resources allocated by the state for the support of educational institutions of the united territorial communities in the form of educational subventions are calculated. It has been proved that the costs of education take a leading place in the overall expenditure structure of local communities but their share (30-40%) is almost the same as in many European countries. The main reasons for the regional differences in spending on education in territorial communities are the fullness of classes, the contingent of schoolchildren and the energy efficiency of educational institu-tions. The article shows that the main mechanisms for stimulating the reform of schools and improving the quality of educational services are the fixed amount of educational subventions for the maintenance of one student (9.3 thousand UAH) established by the state, clearly defined criteria for the formation of hub schools and their branches. Taking into account the international experience, the article proves the expediency and determines the ways of optimizing the school institutions network in Ukraine. The results of the research define that: a) further development of the territorial reform will definitely aggravate the problem of the functioning of general educational institutions; b) the closure of school institutions cannot be regarded as the main result of educa-tion reforms; c) optimization of the school institutions network in territorial communities is an important and necessary step in build-ing an effective system of providing quality educational services.
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Mуkola Baranovskiy, Olga Baranovska
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