The working group of the UKROP party public advisory council on education, headed by the MP Iryna Konstankevych, during its meeting on December 21 elaborated proposals to the draft law on equitable scholarship programs. The representatives of the educational and student community prepared their amendments to article № 62 of the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”. In particular, it is proposed to define in law that academic scholarships are paid to not less than 50% and not more than 66% of students of each year of study (except for the first semester of the first year) for each specialty, without including those who receive social scholarships.
The representatives of the working group also propose to fix the basic criteria for student scholarships in higher education institutions. Thus, the right to academic scholarships will be granted to the students of state and municipal institutions, who study full time on public or contractual basis and whose examinations and tests results for each academic course during the semester are equal to not less than 75 points in 100-point grading scale, or 4 points in 5-point system of evaluation, or C according to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation system (ECTS).
Another proposition is to calculate minimum academic and social scholarships on the basis of subsistence minimum. So the minimum academic scholarship for the students of the higher educational levels (bachelor, master, etc.) cannot be less than 75% of the subsistence minimum per month, and social scholarship – not less than two thirds of the subsistence minimum. For those who study to obtain an associate’s degree, academic and social scholarships cannot be less than 50% of the subsistence minimum.
The draft law, elaborated by the working group, will be discussed with students in the regions of Ukraine and submitted to Parliament.
