A poll of students in Kherson institutes brought unexpected results.
They were asked the seemingly trivial question, "How do you see your future?"
58% of the respondents answered that they have a solid intention to
go abroad after graduation. This question is practically solved for 18%
of those questioned. The Day reports that the technically skilled
have the most "unpatriotic" intentions.
Meanwhile President Kuchma said at the celebration of the eightieth
anniversary of Dnipropetrovsk State University that the country needs to
develop a new concept of university education "taking into account modern
realities."
"So that Ukraine does not lose its intellectual, scientific, and productive
potential, traditions, experience, and cadres, we must considerably improve
the material security, moral stimulation, and social support for scientists
and university teachers," President Kuchma told teachers at his alma mater.
However, judging from the government's draft budget the words he uttered
are nothing but mere declarations on a festive occasion. The Kherson survey
displays that improving the quality of education has to be accompanied
by improving living standards. Even after receiving diplomas the graduates
will face the dilemma of whether to take a poorly paid, unpromising job
in our unstable Fatherland without any hope for rapid promotion while young
or emigration to the well-fed countries, which offer opportunities adequate
to their citizens' talent and ability to work.






