Our mission is to build a competent and responsible society. To achieve this, we focus on three strategic directions:
After the organization’s rebranding, we began developing our strategic directions with innovation. At the end of 2024, we joined the Ukrainian EdTech Association. As part of this direction, in 2025, we are implementing a project to support Ukrainian language teachers by creating online materials that will significantly simplify their work across different teaching formats (distance learning, blended learning, and traditional classrooms) amid the war and uncertainty. Additionally, as members of the EdTech Association, we aim to collaborate on projects with a strong social impact.
Our next area of focus is the psychological training of professionals and the mental health of Ukrainian society as a whole, given the severe impact of the war on personal emotional states, interpersonal and corporate relationships, and daily activities.
Thus, in 2025, in collaboration with professional psychologists, we are developing specialized programs for psychological training of professionals and mental health support for Ukrainians.
Leadership development remains our top strategic priority. Beyond cultivating strong moral and ethical character, this also includes enhancing the competencies of managers in innovative leadership approaches.
Since gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine has long operated under the “vertical” management practices of the Communist Party of the USSR. These practices have negatively impacted organizational and corporate ecosystems. The Soviet-style command-and-control leadership model is now outdated and often even toxic. Surprisingly, this model still characterizes many organizations in Ukraine, slowing the country’s development, reducing competitiveness, and creating challenges for individuals.
In times of war, upheaval, and uncertainty, such hierarchical models harm not only employees but also businesses themselves. With the rapid development of digital technologies, vertical command styles are no longer viable. In terms of organizational health and success, they are outpaced by modern approaches like Agile.
In 2025, we will focus special attention on forming a new elite of leaders to rebuild Ukraine, engaging in preparatory work to develop a systematic solution in this direction.
On January 9, 2025, the Ukrainian School of Elites officially became a member of the EdTech Association Ukraine. This partnership grants the school access to cutting-edge tools and collaboration while providing a voice in shaping Ukraine’s future.
The school has identified educational technology (EdTech) as a strategic priority, focusing on practical applications to address specific needs:
By joining the association, the Ukrainian School of Elites positions itself to address these challenges head-on.
While focusing on leadership formation and building psychological competences among the young people and professionals, our third strategic focus is EdTech — educational technologies. This is not “technology for the sake of technology” but our desire to drive a positive social impact inlined with our mission.
This includes access to education for children, youth, and adults in challenging social or economic situations, developing helpful innovative materials for teachers, and accelerating and simplifying the learning process through EdTech.
In the times of war, upheaval, and uncertainty, educational technologies are truly important. We are honored to play our role in addressing these challenges.
The Ukrainian language is a compulsory subject for students pursuing higher education in Ukraine, yet it receives limited technological investment. Unlike STEM fields, where global demand attracts funding, the Ukrainian language’s localized nature limits its commercial scalability.
To bridge this gap, we partnered with the first Ukrainian language online-school uMOVA, in 2024 to develop methodological materials supporting the teachers of Ukrainian language. These resources cater to:
Scheduled for completion by August 31, 2025, the project will offer free, systematically developed materials to educators, easing their workload and enhancing student outcomes.
In wartime Ukraine, education faces immense disruptions. The school has directed its efforts to support teachers, recognizing their critical role in shaping the next generation. This includes equipping Ukrainian language educators with tools to adapt their teaching methods amid instability. This is exactly what we are aiming to achieve in 2025.
Membership in the EdTech Ukraine Association connects the school to a network of innovators working to transform education.
For example, the partnership has enabled access to proven EdTech platforms like GIOS, a Ukrainian-developed interactive STEM learning system with over 100,000 users. While STEM resources are widely available, the association can draw attention to the Ukrainian language to receive the support it urgently needs to prepare Ukrainians for higher education, as well as support to the teachers, despite the war and its consequences.
As Ukraine rebuilds, the demand for highly skilled professionals is critical. By focusing on the Ukrainian language, mandatory for higher education, and leveraging EdTech, we will contribute to a positive social change. Membership in the association will reinforce our efforts in this field.
On December 12, 2024, the Ukrainian School of Elites (UASE) officially became a member of the EdTech Ukraine Association.
The Association is led by Natalia Lymonova, the founder of the globally recognized interactive online platform for teaching mathematical sciences, GIOS. This Ukrainian startup has long expanded beyond our borders, educating children and adults from Canada, the USA, European, African, and other countries.
Khrystyna Seryozhechkina, CEO of Kooperative, supports the Association by graciously providing space at Kooperative in the heart of Kyiv for important events hosted by the Association.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, Natalia Lymonova has actively promoted Ukraine as a brand. She has also highlighted Ukraine as a country of highly talented developers, intellectuals, and creatives. This has attracted foreign investments during this critical time for our nation. It is an honor for us to work with such high-level individuals.
The Board of Directors is led by Natalia Lymonova, with a team including Khrystyna Seryozhechkina (Kooperative), Yuriy Balkin (Optima School), Maxym Pochebut (Sigma Software), Denys Skrypka (Nanit Robot), and Oleksandr Mandyrkin (Charitable Foundation “For the Future of Children”).
The EdTech Ukraine Association was officially established on September 24, 2024, during its founding meeting. The official presentation of the Association took place on October 17, 2024, in Kyiv. Its founders have gone through a long journey to turn this dream into reality. The appearance of this organization specializing in educational technologies in Ukraine is the result of the determined efforts of the best professionals in the EdTech industry.
EdTech Ukraine is a member of the European EdTech Alliance, a community that unites educational technology organizations from 30 European countries.
The mission of the Association is to form a powerful EdTech ecosystem in Ukraine. It aims to successfully develop projects both within the country and internationally. Additionally, the Association collaborates with European and global EdTech communities, fostering the development of educational technology innovations in Ukraine and worldwide.
In 2025, the Ukrainian School of Elites will continue addressing the problem of educational decline caused by the war.
In particular, the school will continue the work, started in September 2024, on the strategic project aiming to reach out to 10k+ of the teachers of the Ukrainian Language (mandatory for any University entry in Ukraine) and 100k+ students in a 5-year period.
While managing the project, we concluded a contractual agreement with top experts from uMOVA, an online platform specializing solely in the Ukrainian language. Their expertise extends beyond e-learning, also supporting teachers with innovative methodologies and educational resources.
By the end of August 2025, we plan to complete the project aiming to:
We believe in the power of focus and targeted help. Therefore, this strategic project will be our specific contribution to the country’s recovery from the war.
Joining the Association opens new opportunities for UASE for collaboration and partnership in the field of innovative education and EdTech. The Association unites the leaders of the EdTech industry in Ukraine, providing a platform for sharing experiences, ideas, and resources.
We are confident that our collaboration with EdTech Ukraine Association will be the key to the successful implementation of projects and the development of Ukrainian education.
Dear friends and partners,
On behalf of the Ukrainian School of Elites, I sincerely wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025! ✨
May these festive days fill your hearts with joy, warmth, and hope. I wish for 2025 to be a year of new accomplishments, significant achievements, and shared victories. May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, and prosperity, and may your good deeds continue to make the world a better place.
With warmest wishes,
Yuri Safonov
President of the Ukrainian School of Elites