Important News on Education for Children and Youth from Temporarily Occupied Territories: The Cabinet of Ministers Approved the Procedure for Recognizing Learning Outcomes Obtained in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine
We explain the decision aimed at improving the protection of the right to education.
On July 15, 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Procedure for recognizing learning outcomes obtained in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. This concerns the recognition of learning outcomes at the levels of vocational (vocational-technical), professional pre-higher, and higher education. At the same time, learning outcomes at the second (master’s) and third (educational-scientific/educational-creative) levels of higher education are not recognized, except for educational programs for the training of masters in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary studies.
Why is this important?
The decision will help people who obtained their education in the temporarily occupied territories to undergo the recognition procedure, continue their studies in the government-controlled territory of Ukraine, gain employment, and build their future in Ukraine without obstacles.
The adoption of such a procedure had been advocated for a long time by a number of civil society organizations, among them the East SOS Charitable Foundation. Its approval is a step forward in ensuring access to education for people from the temporarily occupied territories.
The resolution stipulates that the procedure is based on the principles of impartiality, equal access, transparency, confidentiality of information, and voluntariness for the applicant.
Recognition of learning outcomes is carried out by authorized institutions in the physical presence of the applicant. Under certain conditions, it can also be done remotely.
The procedure consists, in particular, of the following stages:
- submission of an application, educational declaration, and other documents;
- an introductory interview with the applicant conducted by a commission;
- assessment of the applicant’s learning outcomes;
- adoption of a decision to provide recommendations regarding the evaluation of learning outcomes;
- approval by the head of the authorized institution of an order on the recognition of the applicant’s learning outcomes based on the commission’s recommendations.
At the same time, there is a list of professions for which the recognition of learning outcomes obtained in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine is not carried out. This list can be found in the annexes to the resolution.
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До цього часу документи про освіту українського зразка вступники з ТОТ могли отримати лише у разі звернення в освітні центри «Крим-Україна» та «Донбас-Україна» під час вступу або екстернату. Тож зазначена постанова – це великий крок на шляху захисту права на освіту для молоді з ТОТ.
Адвокаційна діяльність фонду здійснюється в межах проєкту «Підтримка постраждалих унаслідок війни вразливих груп населення та жителів віддалених територій України» за фінансової підтримки ЄС (European Union in Ukraine).
Нагадаємо, у червні цього року БФ «Схід SOS» представив аналітичну записку щодо діяльності освітніх центрів «Крим-Україна» та «Донбас-Україна».
