INVESTMENTS
LVIV IT CLUSTER TO MODERNIZE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Lviv IT Cluster is embarking on a new project that has never been done before – modernizing technical and vocational education (TVE). The new project is called Lviv IT Cluster Academy and will focus on updating the curricula in vocational schools. Already in September, an updated program Information Processing and Software
Operator will start at the vocational school № 29. The Lviv IT Cluster Academy project is implemented jointly with the KIVSH creative space with the support of the Department of Humanitarian Policy
of the Lviv City Council and the Department of Education and Science of Lviv Regional State Administration. As of 2018, 238 thousand students studied in vocational schools across the country. This number has decreased twice in the last ten years and continues to do so. There are currently 19 vocational schools in Lviv with 8,362 students. Lviv IT Cluster decided to help update the curriculum at vocational school № 29 on the basis of one program related to the IT industry. The vocational school is attended by students admitted thereafter the 9th grade of school. They spend 3 years gaining more practical skills, and afterward, can continue their studies at the university, or immediately start working. – The implementation of the project will qualitatively change the training of Infor mation Processing and Software Opera tors, but also give impetus to use IT tools in other professions. Modernization of this program, which today is one of the most popular on the labor market, will update not only the curriculum but also the mate rial and technical base of the institution and demonstrate a good example of public-pri vate partnership in vocational education in Ukraine – says Roman Stetskyi, principal of the vocational school №29. Information Processing and Software Operator – is the first educational program that will be modernized through joined efforts of experts from Lviv IT Cluster
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