[lg policy] Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv

[Harold Schiffman]

Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at
HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv
19 April 2017
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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) Photo details
<http://www.osce.org/hcnm/312141>

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
http://www.osce.org/hcnm/312161


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