ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN UKRAINE DURING WARTIME

Abstract

In emergencies, especially in wartime, new challenges are being posed to the education system, which have both a direct negative impact on the functioning of the network of institutions and participants in the educational process and long-term consequences. The article shows that the period of wartime education in Ukraine was preceded by changes in approaches to educational management, such as the active implementation of IT technologies (provision of computers for students and teachers, school access to high-speed Internet, etc.) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-war activities and experience seem to have contributed not only to the provision of education during the war, with an emphasis on the transition to non-traditional forms of learning (distance learning, mixed learning), but also to the improvement of the educational process in the 2022/2023 academic year (during the war). Although education in crisis situations is of obvious interest to scholars, the practical experience of schooling during wartime in Ukraine has not been sufficiently studied, and its generalization can give further impetus to the development of our knowledge of the functioning of education in emergencies. The purpose of our study is to identify the features of facilitating the educational process in general secondary education institutions under these conditions, highlighting the problems, factors impacting the formation of resilience to challenges and measures to overcome them. The study used general scientific and special research methods. In particular, a review of scientific literature on related topics was conducted, a systematic approach was applied (to formalize the content of the functioning of the education system during the war); methods of statistical comparative analysis of statistical and administrative information, as well as appropriate methods of synthesis; graphical method (for the purpose of visual and schematic presentation of theoretical and practical results of the study). Improving the quality of education under martial law, and solving organizational, technical and financial issues to ensure the continuity of the educational process, involves the effective development of management technologies and tools, strengthening coordination and cooperation between school administrations, government agencies (education authorities, child protection services), local governments, NGOs, and international partners.