The Ministry of Education and Science promulgated new curricula for students of grades 5-9.
40 programs have been updated. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Education.
"Renewal of the basic school curriculum taking into account the competence approach is another significant step towards the New Ukrainian School. Its implementation will begin on September 1, 2018. However, current schoolchildren can not wait, changes should take place today. Therefore, certain elements of the future standard will be implemented in the main school from the new academic year, "says Deputy Minister of Education and Science Pavel Hobzey.
When developing the programs, the key competencies of the New Ukrainian School. So far, four have focused on "Health and Safety", "Enterprising and Financial Literacy", "Civil Responsibility" and "Environmental Security and Sustainable Development".
For example, within the "Entrepreneurship and financial literacy" line, students will be taught to form their own budget, save or make investments. Forming financial literacy will be not only in the lessons of mathematics or economics, but also in the lessons of the Ukrainian language and literature. So, while studying the work "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" will emphasize the entrepreneurial abilities of the main character. He turned the unpleasant work of painting the fence into a bright and effective "entrepreneurial project".
At the lessons of literature to study the work of contemporary Ukrainian writers. Among such Oksana Zabuzhko, Yuri Vinnichuk and Lesia Voronina.
On the subject "Foreign languages" the program was issued according to the European Recommendations on language education. So, after the 9th grade pupils of schools studying the first foreign language reach the level of A2 +. Students of specialized schools with in-depth study of a foreign language - В1. Those who master the second foreign language - level A2.
In the lessons of the Ukrainian language, creative works will be written in the form of an essay. This genre has become an obligatory type of work. Students will be a practical direction.
Significant changes occurred in computer science. Students will create web resources, 3D graphics and learn the basics of the database.
On the discipline "Ukraine and the World" will study the Association Agreement with the EU and visa-free regime. On the history - the Russian aggression in the Crimea and the occupation of Donbass. In the lessons of the subject "Fundamentals of Health" - safety on the Internet and social networks.
In addition, the list of sports for physical culture lessons is listed. The program was added 7 new possible modules - rugby, korfbol, petanque, fencing, military sports games, step aerobics and cheerleading.