About the project. The project is for Ukrainian children who were forced to flee abroad due to the russian full-scale invasion. It is designed to help maintain a connection with the homeland. “Stay with Ukraine” are “live” online lessons that last an hour. The Ukrainian studies component contains three blocks: Ukrainian language, literature, and history of Ukraine. Classes take place in two formats — weekday evenings and Saturdays, so as not to interfere with the main classes of children in local schools. Methodical professional teachers have developed balanced programs to assimilate the necessary material quickly.
On the one hand, the program preserves all the key topics for studying the subjects; on the other hand, the number of study hours is shortened. Four tests are planned during the academic year to monitor children’s educational progress and receive teacher feedback. They are not mandatory.
More than 1,700 children have joined the 2023-2024 school year. These are 80 groups. And a team of 53 teachers.
- The school year lasted for 9 months and involved studying the Ukrainian Language, Literature, and History. Children had the ability to gain knowledge in terms of the approved Ukrainian School program, which was optimized and contained 33 hours per subject.
- There were 80 groups from the 5th to the 11th grades. The lessons were organized in Zoom. Additionally, each teacher had his/her folder with all the materials according to the theme for each lesson, so children had the ability to look through the material once more after each lesson.
- There were 4 tests from each subject during the studying process, and more than 60% of all children passed all 4 tests. The average percentage of high-level scores is 30% or more, with positive visible dynamics in some grades on different subjects.
- Additionally, some children and their parents were involved in a psychological individual support program. To be exact, 21 children, together with their parents, took part in this program and spent 10 hours individually with a psychologist.
Goal. The project is designed to enable Ukrainian temporary relocated abroad students of grades 5-11 to keep in touch with Ukraine and the education system. Students will receive basic knowledge of the three subjects of the Ukrainian component, which is not possible to study abroad — the program aims to simplify children’s return to learning in Ukrainian schools.
Partners:
Term: from September 2022.
Feedback from participants of the project “Stay with Ukraine”: https://bit.ly/3Jkd3bq
During the years 2022-2023, the “Stay with Ukraine” project had the following achievements:
- We conducted 7,080 lessons
- We organized 74 study groups
- Over 1,320 children benefitted from the lessons
- 47 teachers participated
- Students from more than 20 countries joined the classes, including Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, the USA, Canada, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova, Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland), Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg), Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia), Bulgaria and others.
Media about the project
2024
- THEIRWORLD: Learning boost for Ukrainian children shut out of school for years
- Liga.Net: ‘Reluctantly and with indifference.’ Why Ukraine is losing children studying abroad
- Osvitoria: Collaborative efforts to overcome educational attrition: tutors, portals and AI
- Radio.Nakipilo: Children from abroad are offered interesting lessons in Ukrainian language and literature
2023
- TheStar: The story of a Ukrainian family forced to live in Great Britain, about their life and their son’s participation in the project ‘Stay with Ukraine’
- Osvitnii ombudsmen Ukrainy: Measurement and compensation of children’s educational losses at the community and educational institution level
- EENET: Young Ukrainian refugees supported to link up with peers and educators in their homeland
- Reliefweb: One year on: Theirworld helps Ukrainian students learn and stay in touch
- RTVE: Podcast ‘Ukrainian Diary’: One year of war. Here’s how to help
- THEIRWORLD: Stay with Ukraine, Junior – A safe place to learn
2022
- Osvitoriia: Ukrainian schoolchildren who are abroad will be able to study the Ukrainian language, literature and history for free
- MC.today: Useful services of the week: career consultations, free Ukrainian language lessons and lectures about cinema
- ReporteR: FranColo – free study groups for children’ invites kids to the classes
- Ukrainska pravda. Zhyttia: Schoolchildren may fall behind by a year: the ombudsman told how to compensate for the gaps in students’ knowledge
- RBK-Ukraine: How to fill gaps in the knowledge of schoolchildren: the educational ombudsman gave advice
- Bug: Ukrainian schoolchildren are a year behind the program due to the war
- internetua: Schoolchildren can fall behind by a year: the ombudsman told how to compensate for gaps in students’ knowledge
- Volynski novyny: Schoolchildren can fall behind by a year: the ombudsman told how to compensate for gaps in students’ knowledge
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