Instructional Guidelines for the 2022/2023 Academic Year Have Been Published. Continuation of the NUS Reform is Among The Priorities

The NUS hub has published Instructional Guidelines on organizing the educational process and teaching academic subjects in general secondary education institutions in the 2022/2023 academic year. The document is available at this link.

The Guidelines were developed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine together with the Institute of Education Content Modernization and the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine.

The document contains recommendations on teaching academic subjects in the 2022/23 academic year and psychological aspects of organizing the educational process in war/post-war time. It also describes a specific structure of the academic year, forms of organizing learning, class occupancy, division into groups, and assessment of learning outcomes.

In the NUS hub catalog, you will find guidelines for different teaching areas:

• Language and Literature – bit.ly/3QHBaDn
• Mathematics – bit.ly/3caV3nh
• Art – bit.ly/3wlYi27
• Computer Science – bit.ly/3R0gPJc
• Languages and Literature of Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities – bit.ly/3wmazDM
• Foreign Languages – bit.ly/3Kcy8Ew
• Physical Education – bit.ly/3QUpb5a
• Social and Health Sectors – bit.ly/3QZ9tWf
• Natural Science – bit.ly/3wlirVQ
• Technology – bit.ly/3AAp5dn
• Civic Education and History – bit.ly/3ABktDV

According to the Guidelines, continuation of the general secondary education reform “New Ukrainian School” and implementation of a new State Standard for Basic Secondary Education in grade 5 are among the priorities of the 2022/23 academic year.

In the 2022/23 academic year, the new State Standard will begin to be gradually implemented and 5th-graders will transit respectively to a new model of education.

The Instructional Guidelines describe how the school curriculum is developed based on the Framework Curriculum, offer the structure of the curriculum and an algorithm for developing an education plan. The Guidelines also contain information on how to detail model study programs in study programs for subjects/integrated courses at the educational institution level and on the specifics of creating calendar and thematic planning for these subjects and courses.

Besides, the document draws attention to the necessity of diagnostics at the beginning of the school year, which would help identify the level of achievement by students of mandatory learning outcomes defined in the State Standard for Primary Education for 4th-graders.

Other priority areas of the 2022/23 academic year set forth in the Guidelines:

• organization of the educational process after the forced interruption of its usual course due to quarantine and war;
• organization of educational activities while combining different forms of the educational process;
• strengthening national and patriotic education, building a civic position, and raising awareness on personal security;
• psychological assistance to educational process participants.

Some useful links:

• Curriculum constructor – an online assistant for school principals and their deputies, developed by the Learning Together project in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ukrainian Institute for Education Development and the Reform Support Team of the MoES;
• framework curricula, study programs, model study programs for general secondary education institutions on the website of the MoES;
• the list of educational literature and study programs marked “Recommended by the MoES”, “Approved for use in the educational process” or conclusion decision “Approved for use in general education institutions” – on the site of the IECM.