“Education is the last thing on the government’s mind,” says former Ukrainian minister
The appointment of a new education minister has caused public controversy in Ukraine. Hanna Novosad, the previous holder of this post, talks to openDemocracy about the fate of education reforms in Ukraine, plagiarism and academic feudalism in the country.
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