Author(s) / Editor(s):

 Svitlana Oksamytna, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
oksamyt@ukma.edu.ua
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2403-6337

 Sofia Marochkanych, Research assistant in Vox Populi agency
sofiia.marochkanych@ukma.edu.ua

Year: 2025

Pages: 344–365

Publication language: Ukrainian

Publisher: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Type of Publication: chapter in edited volume

Publication Place: Kyiv

DOI: TBD

The full-scale war has significantly affected the conditions for obtaining education in the country due to air raid alerts, shelling, destruction of educational institutions, internal and external displacement of large numbers of families with children, prolonged forced breaks in education, and a reduction in the number of teachers in schools. During the war, educational losses continue to accumulate, and the proportion of children who lack basic knowledge in three key educational areas (mathematics, reading, and sciences) is growing. The study found statistically significant differences in the assessments and attitudes of the main participants in the educational process. Students believe that their success depends mainly on themselves and school conditions—the school, teachers, and form of education—while parents and teachers point to the importance of parents/family paying attention to their children's education, which the students themselves do not consider important. In the minds of teachers, the greatest responsibility for academic success lies with the students themselves, their innate abilities, and their parents, but not with the teachers themselves. Despite empirically confirmed significant educational losses during the war, schoolchildren mostly do not feel gaps in their knowledge and skills, unlike their parents and teachers. The transition from secondary to higher education continues to be the most desirable life path for both students and, to an even greater extent, their parents, which clearly does not correspond to the needs and opportunities of the country's labor market.

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