Educating Students in a Safe Educational Environment in Secondary Schools of Ukraine: Current Issues and Challenges

• Main Authors: Vitalia Primakova, Lilya Morska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo LIBRON 2019-06-01
• Series: Konteksty Pedagogiczne
• Subjects: safe enviroment; educational work; the rights and freedoms of children; educational programs; bullying; prevention
• Online Access: https://kontekstypedagogiczne.pl/kp/article/view/185

The article is devoted to topical issues of the upbringing of students and pupils, in particular, the organization of educational work in the educational institutions of Ukraine on issues of child safety and well-being. Strategic national priorities are described in the paper, among them, the implementation of the State Social Program “National Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” for the period until 2021 and its main principles and statements, goals and objectives have been analyzed. Modern approaches to the process of counteracting violence in the school environment have been outlined; issues ensuring the rights, freedoms and interests of children that are reflected in the concepts of current educational programs have also been substantiated. In particular, the potential of the universal educational program “Personal Dignity. Life Safety. Civic Position” has been defined in the article.