Informator.lg.ua keep on investigating achievements of the education system of “LPR”. As we have already written, the feature of “LPR’s” education system is absence of knowledge, salaries, scholarships, adequate diplomas and certificates. It means that this system exists as a pure formality with a propaganda purpose.
How schoolchildren were betrayed
834 graduates of “LPR” schools went to Rostov region of the Russian Federation to pass exams on Russian language on June 22.
As it was reported earlier by media resources controlled by fighters, 4 400 children graduated from “republican” schools in 2015. If only 834 persons decided to pass Single State Exam, others will continue education on the territory of republics or will be content with secondary education.
Children were delivered to Rostov region to pass exams in a centralized way by the “LPR”. There are children who decided to continue education on the territory of Ukraine, but the number is very small. Our interlocutor told that there were about a few hundreds of children, who decided to go to Ukraine. They had to pass externship in a school on the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Moreover, our source reports that the number of children, who wanted to pass SSE was much higher, but when they were notified about necessity to pass externship in Russian schools, they changed their minds.
“Thus, the “Ministry of Education” tried to solve one more problem – a serious lack of freshmen in local universities. It is obviously that the number of students this year will be much lower, because previously young people from all over the region entered Luhansk universities and vocational schools”, — the source reported.
Moreover, not many Luhansk families can afford to send children to study to the RF even under conditions, that they will study for free and get a scholarship, which equals 1500 rouble in Russia. And it is impossible to live for this money.
Decline of higher education
Situation with graduates of Luhansk universities is even worse. Students received diplomas of the “republic” and can be content with them or try to get diplomas of Russian universities. But to try doesn’t mean to get.
A new “Minister of Education of the LPR” made a statement on June 10 and promised that all graduates without exceptions would get Russian diplomas. She noted that students would have to defend diplomas in Russian universities. But the “Minister” or other officials didn’t mention that Luhansk graduates will have to pass externship to get Russian diplomas. It means that anyone can graduate, for example, from VGAU implementing same requirements as existed for Ukrainian students. Moreover, externship in Russian universities is not free and student have to pay for it.
22 graduates of the Luhansk Agricultural University received diplomas of the Voronezh State Agricultural University of Petr the Great on May 28. But there are no special agreements on students exchange or education programs between universities, as it is stated on ht e official web site of the Voronezh University. Because it is obviously that no one will conclude a treaty with a “fake” unrecognized university.
Interesting situation emerged with separatist clone of the Luhansk Academy of Culture and Art of Matusovskiy. The rector of this University – Valeriy Philipov swore to God that all his graduates will get Russian diplomas.
According to the Informator.lg.ua only 4 graduates of the “LGAKI” got Russian diplomas. In June a number of other graduates of this university are going to pass exams in Russian universities and join those 4 happy owners of Russian diplomas.
Interesting practice was introduce in other Luhansk university, established on the base of evacuated LNU of Taras Shevchenko.
Graduates of this university pass Russian exams via the Skype. Diplomas have been promised to graduates of this university several times already – on January, April and now – September. It proves that many organizational questions haven’t been solved.
Today we can say with confidence that not many Luhansk graduates will get Russian diplomas.
“Certificates” of the “LPR” actually are funny souvenirs. Even inside the “republic” it will be difficult to get a job with such diploma. One graduate from Luhansk told us that he was rejected to get a job at “Alchevsk integrated iron-and-steel works” because of the “LPR diploma”.
Genocide in a Luhansk mode
While Russian propaganda blames Ukraine for a genocide of peaceful population of Donbass, “patriots” of Luhanshchina deprive generations of young Luhansk residents of a future. We can say with confidence that higher education in Luhansk is almost destroyed. A big number of teachers left the region, international relations have been destroyed, competition among university entrants is low – those are consequences of unrecognized status of education institutions, which actually annul all education system of the so-called “LPR”. And there are no one except the “republican” leadership to blame.
Aleksey Chernov for the Informator.lg.ua