The financing of education in Ukraine

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic. The financing of education in Ukraine has been and remains a topical issue of our time. Now true important issues are reforms in the education system, creating a government environment for a rational use of resources of state and local budgets. Thus the main objective should be to ensure adequate financing of the sector by optimizing budgetary and extrabudgetary sources of its development. Statement of the problem. Education funding is one of the main factors of economic growth and sustainable development of the state, so the study of this topic will always be relevant. Analysis of recent researches and publications. Education funding is devoted to the many scientific publications. The study of this question were engaged in such domestic scientists as: T. Bogolib, A. Boyko, J. Buckovski, Z. Varnaly, A. Velichko, I. Kalenyuk, L. Kozorezenko, V. Malyshko, I. Chugunov, L. Yaremenko and others. Among foreign authors it is necessary to allocate the work. N. Lukashenko, V. Marcinkiewicz, J. Nematov, G. Hoag. Selection of unexplored parts of the general problem. Insufficient funding of the education sector depends on the public authorities. In Ukraine, since the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic years held an educational reform, which requires further research and improvement. Setting the task, the purpose of the study. The aim is to study theoretical and practical aspects of education financing in Ukraine. Method or methodology for conducting research. The authors apply a set of methods of scientific research: generalization, comparative analysis, statistical and other research methods. Presentation of the main material (results of work). It analyses the state of education financing in Ukraine in 2005-2017 years. The field of application of results: Ministry of education and science of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Conclusions. In Ukraine financing of the education system is characterized by imperfection of normative-legal support and insufficient financial resources. The problem of our country lies in the fact that at the state level lack of understanding of the vital necessity in a competitive education system.