Ukraine: EU hands over agricultural machinery to VET school in Zastavna
On 24 October, the European Union handed over ten units of agricultural machinery to Higher Vocational (VET) School №24 in Zastavna, in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine.
These large pieces of equipment (tractors, harvester, reapers, seed drills, trucks and an excavator) amounted to a total value of €800,000.
In addition, the VET school received four spare parts and three training units to modernise the training of students in agricultural machinery.
“Agriculture is a key sector for the economic development of Ukraine and the EU will continue supporting the creation of the most favourable conditions for training professionals to meet the demands of the Ukrainian labour market,” EU Ambassador Katarína Mathernová said at the handover ceremony.
“Our educational institution’s primary goal today is to train and prepare highly qualified specialists who are competitive in the modern labour market. The high-quality, state-of-the-art agricultural equipment we have received will greatly contribute to this,” said Maryna Vasylyk, Headmaster of Vocational School No. 24.
The equipment was procured as part of the EU-funded ‘EU4Skills: Modernisation of Vocational Education and Training Infrastructure in Ukraine’ project, part of a wider programme ‘EU4Skills: Better Skills for Modern Ukraine’. The project aims to create a modern VET infrastructure that contributes to increased attractiveness for students. The project is implemented by the German Development Bank KfW via the Ukrainian Social Investment Fund.
Modernisation of education is also taking place in other VET schools. Thus, within the EU4Skills programme, 93 units of agricultural, road construction equipment, and sewing equipment were provided to institutions in the Poltava, Rivne, Chernivtsi, and Mykolaiv regions. Repair and construction works have been completed in two institutions, while six are still ongoing.
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