On 25.02.2026, Iryna Volodymyrivna Berkan – Head of the Subject Committee for Specialised Refrigeration Courses and at the same time Head of Subcommittee G4 “Energy Production” of Scientific and Methodological Commission 5 for Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction of the professional pre-higher education sector of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – took part in a training on developing second-generation standards of professional pre-higher education.
During the event, new approaches, methodological recommendations and practical aspects of developing professional pre-higher education standards were discussed – documents that define the competencies, learning outcomes and content of educational programmes in colleges and other professional pre-higher education institutions.
The main topics in focus were:
updating methodological approaches to developing second-generation standards of professional pre-higher education;
taking into account the requirements of the labour market and employers;
observing the principles of academic integrity and modern requirements for the quality of education;
practical steps in working with the updated methodological recommendations.
Speakers of the event:
Volodymyr Yevhenovych Bakhrushin – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, Chair of the Academic Council of the National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”, expert in higher and professional pre-higher education, active participant in the development of educational standards, qualifications frameworks and regulatory documents.
Kateryna Valeriivna Pavlushenko – representative of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) in the area related to educational programmes and the implementation of integrity policies.
Volodymyr Mykolaiovych Zelenyi – Head of the professional pre-higher education (PPHE) sector within the structure of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Participation in the training was important for the work on developing new-generation standards of professional pre-higher education and for updating the college’s educational programmes in line with modern requirements.
