A Short Overview on Vocational Education and Training in Ukraine: Current status, challenges and reform intentions

The following article deals with the current state of vocational education and training as well as with planned reform projects and those already being implemented. In the first step, the challenges, obstacles and progress up to the outbreak of the war are presented. In a further step, the text looks at the plans for the post-war period. Aspects of legislation, financial support, and coordination needs are addressed. The contributions of international donor organisations are also presented and classified in this context. The author analyses the plans for reconstruction and further development of vocational education and training presented by the Ukrainian government at international and national levels. As a result, she suggests possible directions for the development of vocational education and training that are in line with the current reform process in Ukraine.