Ministry of Education of Ukraine
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is the central executive body responsible for shaping and implementing state policy in education and science. It is headed by the Minister of Education and Science, who is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The ministry oversees educational institutions, sets standards, and supports the development of scientific research in the country.
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Ukraine's parliament adopts education law to unblock two EU accession clusters
On 12 October, the Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 16119 on education in the languages of national minorities and indigenous peoples, the condition Hungary had set for unblocking the opening of EU accession negotiation clusters 2 and 3. In the final vote, 266 MPs supported the bill (273 in the first reading), and it was sent immediately for the President's signature. Hungary's Foreign Minister Anita Orbán confirmed Budapest is ready to agree to the opening of clusters 2 "Internal Market" and 3 "Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth" at the intergovernmental conference planned for 13 October, where the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) was ready to approve the bloc's negotiating positions the same day.