<div dir="ltr"><h1>Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv</h1><div class="gmail-panel-pane gmail-pane-panels-mini gmail-pane-place-date">
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Minister for Education and Science of Ukraine Liliya Hrynevych
(left) and HCNM Political Adviser Zahid Movlazada discuss Multilingual
education in the OSCE region: experiences and perspectives for Ukraine
at a conference on 13 April 2017 in Kyiv. (OSCE/Sarah Stephan) <a href="http://www.osce.org/hcnm/312141" class="gmail-photo-details-link"><span>Photo details</span></a> </div>
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<p>The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
and the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine organized a
conference on “Multilingual education in the OSCE region: experiences
and perspectives for Ukraine” on 13 April 2017 in Kyiv.</p>
<p>Opening the conference, Minister for Education and Science of Ukraine
Liliya Hrynevych said the fact that numerous ethnic groups reside in
Ukraine was an asset for the country. She explained the three objectives
of Ukraine’s language policy: create opportunities for all to achieve
fluent proficiency in the State language; foster knowledge of national
minority languages; and encourage the learning of foreign languages.</p>
<p>The participants shared their experiences of multilingual education,
both in Ukraine and across the OSCE, and discussed recommendations for
the future of multilingual education in Ukraine.</p>
<p>Liubov Zadorozhna, Deputy Director of the Odesa Regional Institute
for Post‑Graduate Pedagogical Education, shared her experience as an
academic consultant for a multilingual education pilot programme that
the Ministry of Science and Education is conducting in selected schools.
She said that preserving Ukraine’s multilingual tradition means
developing a new model for education in the State language, national
minority languages and foreign languages.</p>
<p>The international experts presented a variety of multilingual
education models that can be adapted to accommodate the diversity of
different regional contexts. The office of the HCNM has emphasized the
need to strike a balance between, on the one hand, preserving and
developing the languages of minorities and, on the other, encouraging
them to become fluent in the State language – to be fully engaged in
public life, feel that they belong and realize their full potential in
society.</p>
<p>The conference was an opportunity for the office of the HCNM to
deepen its co‑operation with the Ministry of Science and Education,
based on the understanding that multilingual education is an approach
that can offer solutions for the integration of diverse societies.</p>
<p>The conference was attended by 50 participants, including staff of
the Ministry of Education and Science, educators from across Ukraine,
representatives of national minority communities and international
experts from the Netherlands, Spain, Estonia, Georgia, and the Central
Asian and Western Balkan regions.</p> </div>
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