Electronic Resources for Education (UA0084)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Ukraine Action Plan 2018-2020
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Education and Science State e-Government Agency
Support Institution(s): IT Ukraine association, other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent)
Policy Areas
Access to Information, E-Government, Education, Open Data, Public Service DeliveryIRM Review
IRM Report: Ukraine Design Report 2018-2020
Starred: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
Providing school children, parents and educators with cutting-edge education electronic resources and services One of key components of systemic reform of secondary education stipulated by the Concept Note of State Policy on Reforming Secondary Education (New Ukrainian School) until 2029 as approved by the CMU Ordinance # 988 of 14.12.2016 aimed to establish a modern education environment, including e-environment that will prove necessary conditions, means and technologies for instruction. The Law of Ukraine “On Education” adopted in September 2017 provides for the right of everyone to access to e-textbooks and other multimedia training resources in line with the procedure established by law. It also entails that to provide this right, a central executive authority in the field of education and science should set up and maintain a specific information Internet resource where the free-of-charge e-textbooks or electronic versions of printed textbooks for all secondary education courses are fully uploaded. Actions Responsible Timeframe Partners Indicator 1. Launching the beta- Ministry of Education and 1 st quarter of 2019 IT Ukraine association, ToR developed, software produced, beta- 25 version of National Education Electronic Platform Science State e-Government Agency other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent) version of the Platform launched 2. Ensuring the operation of the National Education Electronic Platform -//- Throughout 2019 -//- Adequate operation of all services of the National Education Electronic Platform and the use of the Platform by school children and educators is ensured Expected results of this activity are ensuring the use of cutting-edge ICT tools for everyone’s access to the public educational, research and information resources, including e-textbooks; developing and introducing new forms, methods and technologies of instruction.
IRM Midterm Status Summary
15. Introduce electronic resources for school education
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan: [132] Providing school children, parents and educators with cutting-edge education electronic resources and services
One of key components of systemic reform of secondary education stipulated by the Concept Note of State Policy on Reforming Secondary Education (New Ukrainian School) until 2029 as approved by the CMU Ordinance # 988 of 14.12.2016 aimed to establish a modern education environment, including e-environment that will prove necessary conditions, means and technologies for instruction.
The Law of Ukraine “On Education” adopted in September 2017 provides for the right of everyone to access to e-textbooks and other multimedia training resources in line with the procedure established by law. It also entails that to provide this right, a central executive authority in the field of education and science should set up and maintain a specific information Internet resource where the free-of-charge e-textbooks or electronic versions of printed textbooks for all secondary education courses are fully uploaded.
Milestones:
- Launching the beta-version of National Education Electronic Platform
- Ensuring the operation of the National Education Electronic Platform
Start Date: January 2019
End Date: December 2019
Context and objectives
Ukraine’s Law on Education guarantees all citizens the right to a high-quality and affordable education. [133] It also requires the government to create an online resource that provides full-text e-textbooks for all secondary education courses free of charge. However, this centralized e-resource is not yet available and is the focus of this commitment. To achieve this objective, the government plans to launch a National Education Electronic Platform (Platform). The related activities have specific indicators, which make the commitment verifiable. Due to the consequent availability of free online educational resources, this commitment relates to access to information and technology and innovation for education.
This commitment continues from progress made before this action plan. In 2018, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) adopted a collaborative regulation for the Platform, held online consultations, [134] published a resulting report, and issued a revised version of the decree (#523). [135] The regulation outlined the legal and administrative foundations of the e-platform that this commitment will now create.
The government expects the Platform to use cutting-edge ICT tools to improve everyone’s access to public educational resources and facilitate new forms of instruction. [136] According to the MES official, the platform will facilitate digital competencies of students and teachers in Ukraine. [137] At the same time, various private Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) already exist. For example, EdEra [138] and Prometheus [139] both offer general courses in Ukrainian. In the opinion of a civil society expert of Prometheus, high-quality education content is already available abroad; state-run MOOC will not be able to compete for students and there is no demand for MOOCs by teachers. [140] It is questionable whether a public MOOC will be able to compete with private ones. Therefore, considering the available resources and the commitment aim, it has a minor potential.
Next steps
Taking into account the scope of this initiative, the existing competition, and the large amount of resources required, the IRM researcher recommends that MES focus on a particular model of the Platform to be implemented by the end of 2020. This could be a library of e-textbooks or a catalogue of best educational resources, both original Ukrainian and adapted international ones. In consultation with stakeholders, the MES should make sure to strike the right balance of value add beyond existing private solutions with the resources that would be necessary to do so.
Commitments
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Infrastructure Data Portal
UA0070, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Open Standard for e-System
UA0071, 2018, E-Government
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Ensuring Openness and Transparency of Selling Public Assets and Property
UA0072, 2018, E-Government
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Transparency in Public Procurement (Prozorro)
UA0073, 2018, Access to Information
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Awarenss Raising About Social and Economic Development
UA0074, 2018, Aid
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e-Calls for Proposals to Support CSOs
UA0075, 2018, Civic Space
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Beneficial Ownership Registry
UA0076, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Anti-Corruption Training
UA0077, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Publishing Environmental Information
UA0078, 2018, E-Government
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Database of Natural Resources
UA0079, 2018, Access to Information
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Interactive Map of Mines
UA0080, 2018, E-Government
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Priority Electronic Services
UA0081, 2018, Citizenship & Immigration
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Online Platform for Executive Bodies and CSOs
UA0082, 2018, Civic Space
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EITI Online Data
UA0083, 2018, Access to Information
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Electronic Resources for Education
UA0084, 2018, Access to Information
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Online Verification of Education Certificates
UA0085, 2018, E-Government
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Free Access to National Repository for Academic Texts
UA0086, 2018, E-Government
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Administrative Service Decentrilisation and Improvement
UA0057, 2016, Capacity Building
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United State Portal Extension; Electronic Government Information Services Unification; Modern Tools for Electronic Identification
UA0058, 2016, Capacity Building
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System for Entities Performing Government Functions
UA0059, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Free Urban Planning Documentation
UA0060, 2016, E-Government
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Beneficial Ownership Verification System
UA0061, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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CoST Beneficial Ownership Standards
UA0062, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Transpartent Budget System
UA0063, 2016,
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Open Public Procurement
UA0064, 2016, Access to Information
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0065, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Environmental Public Monitoring
UA0066, 2016, Access to Information
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Community Policing System
UA0067, 2016, Education
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Draft Law on Public Consultations
UA0068, 2016, Legislation & Regulation
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Development of E-Democracy.
UA0069, 2016, E-petitions
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Improve Government Rules on CSO Involvement
UA0031, 2014, E-Government
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Financing of Charities
UA0032, 2014, Civic Space
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Not-For-Profit Status for CSOs
UA0033, 2014, Civic Space
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Public Participation Law
UA0034, 2014, E-Government
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Establishing Rules on Processing Official Information
UA0035, 2014, Access to Information
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Access to Urban Planning Documents
UA0036, 2014, E-Government
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Access to Communist-Era Archives
UA0037, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Open Data
UA0038, 2014, Access to Information
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Supervisory Mechanism for the Right to Information
UA0039, 2014, Access to Information
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Compliance with EITI
UA0040, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects
UA0041, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Adopt Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0042, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology
UA0043, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Asset Disclosure on a Single Web Portal
UA0044, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Law on Administrative Procedure
UA0045, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Law on Streamlining Payment of Administrative Fees
UA0046, 2014, E-Government
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Administrative Services Portal
UA0047, 2014, Access to Information
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Draft Law on Decentralisation of Administrative Services
UA0048, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Social Services
UA0049, 2014, E-Government
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e-Government Laws
UA0050, 2014, E-Government
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Electronic Readiness Assessment
UA0051, 2014, E-Government
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Government Regulations on Open Data
UA0052, 2014, Access to Information
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Electronic Democracy Development Roadmap
UA0053, 2014, E-Government
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Open Budget Initiatives
UA0054, 2014, Access to Information
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e-Petitions
UA0055, 2014, Dispute Resolution & Legal Assistance
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e-Governance Training for Local Government
UA0056, 2014, Capacity Building
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Laws on Public Participation
UA0001, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to the Law on Community Associations
UA0002, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to Resolutions on Collaboration with Civil Society
UA0003, 2012, E-Government
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Training for Public Servants on Consultations
UA0004, 2012, Capacity Building
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Harmonisation of Access to Information Laws
UA0005, 2012, Access to Information
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By-Laws on Access to Information
UA0006, 2012, Access to Information
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Guidelines for Classifying Data
UA0007, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Information Recording Systems
UA0008, 2012,
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Law on Public Broadcasting
UA0009, 2012, Civic Space
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Public Access to Information in State Registers
UA0010, 2012, E-Government
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0011, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Law for Controlling Declarations of Public Servants
UA0012, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Public Declarations of Officials’ Assets
UA0013, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest
UA0014, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Updated Anti-Corruption Laws
UA0015, 2012, E-Government
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Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0016, 2012, E-Government
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Law on Competitive e-Government Procurement
UA0017, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Administrative Services Reforms
UA0018, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Access to Administrative Services
UA0019, 2012, E-Government
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Governmental Web Portal of Administrative Services
UA0020, 2012, E-Government
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Administrative Services in a Digital Format
UA0021, 2012,
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Regional Administrative Service Centres
UA0022, 2012,
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Programme for Promotion of e-Government
UA0023, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Collaboration Between Executive Agencies
UA0024, 2012,
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Web-Based Petitions System
UA0025, 2012, E-petitions
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One Stop Shop for e-Reporting
UA0026, 2012, E-Government
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e-Region Pilot Project
UA0027, 2012, E-Government
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Network of e-Government Practitioners
UA0028, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Libraries as Bridges Towards e-Governance
UA0029, 2012, E-Government
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e-Government Knowledge Management Portal
UA0030, 2012,