On August 26, 2024, volunteer educators from the Ukrainian School of Elites, in collaboration with the uMOVA training center, organized a free webinar for parents titled “How to Ensure Your Child’s Readiness for the State Assessment in Ukrainian Language.”

Who led the webinar?

The expert for the meeting was Halyna Konyivna Dytrenko, a highly qualified teacher-methodologist, author of textbooks and teaching materials for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, creator of the preparation methodology for the State Assessment in the online school uMOVA, and head of the department at the Troieschyna Gymnasium in Kyiv.

Problems due to blackout

On that day, about 75% of the parents registered for the webinar were unable to attend due to a lack of Internet access caused by a massive airstrike by the Russian Federation on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. However, 25% managed to find a way to join despite the power supply difficulties.

What was covered in the webinar?

Parents learned about the following:

• What the State Assessment is.
• The subjects included in the national multipurpose test.
• Which subjects are mandatory and which are elective (including whether Ukrainian literature can be chosen for the State Assessment).
• The duration of the entire exam and each subject individually.
• The components of the Ukrainian language exam in the State Assessment.
• The types of tasks and their quantity on the State Assessment.
• How the Ukrainian language exam is evaluated.

At the end of the meeting, parents had the opportunity to ask personal questions to the expert and receive professional answers immediately.