The Ministry of Digital Affairs of Ukraine is working on a secret project to introduce English as a full-fledged second language in Ukraine
Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that he is working on the implementation of a project in Ukraine that will bring the English language closer to its maximum spread. This is stated in the material of the “Babel” publication.
According to the publication, on the platform “Diia. Digital education”, and later the application will have courses in English, and will also add a test on the level of its knowledge.
Fedorov admits that the Ministry of Digital Affairs is engaged in a secret project – they want to introduce English as a full-fledged second language in Ukraine, but not as a state language, but for business communication.
This is a task from the president. Fedorov does not reveal the details of the project, but it is planned to be launched next year.
The goal is pragmatic: the Ministry of Digital Affairs analyzed countries that prioritized learning English — all showed GDP growth. Fedorov himself had weak English at school and university, now he has to practice it every day. But the Minister admits that he neglects his homework, so the process is delayed.
Likewise, on the Diia.Digital Education platform, where there are currently many online courses, soon with the help of educational series and online lessons you will be able to take various courses, receive a certificate and immediately apply for vacancies in your region. Partnership negotiations with the largest job search portals have already been held.
“There [Economy Minister] Yuliya Svyridenko is pushing public vacancies,” Fedorov notes, implying that such options will also be available on the portal.
Valeriya Ionan, Fedorov’s deputy for European integration, explains how it should work. “There are 200 educational series on the platform. A person chooses a direction, takes a profile test, the program determines the level of training and creates a program from various educational series. We have not seen this on other educational platforms,” she convinces.
Another new goal, which was actually relevant even before the war, is that Fedorov wants to digitize 100% of state services and make it so that where there should be no state, it does not exist. According to his calculations, this is minus 50-70 thousand officials and minus 4-5 ministries.
“At the beginning of the war, about 25% of people worked [in the Cabinet of Ministers], and nothing broke, everything was resolved quickly,” recalls Fedorov.
