Problems of realization the right to education of children suffering from armed conflicts.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of urgent problems of realization of the right to education of children suffering from armed conflicts. Cases related to the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and the actual Russian occupation of parts of Lugansk and Donetsk regions were the main material for the stated provisions and conclusions of the article.

It was noted that different groups of children should be parcel out among those affected by conflict and occupation. Including those who live in the occupied zone, those who live in the “gray” zone and those who have left far from the conflict zone and reside in other areas of Ukraine.

It is determined that the main problems related to the realization of the right to education of children in the conflict zone are related to the integration of IDP children into the new educational space in which they were left out of their own free will; in the case of residence in the occupied territory, training in secondary and higher education institutions only according to the educational programs defined by the occupation administration; a number of problems related to enrollment in Ukrainian universities; objectively insufficient opportunities for agitation for continuing education after high school in Particular Areas of Donetsk and Lugansk Regions in the universities of Ukraine; determining the future life path of IDPs after graduating from higher education in Ukraine. The article states that among the mentioned problems, the state authorities and civil organizations are most concerned with the integration of IDP children into the new educational space and providing opportunities for entry of entrants to Ukrainian higher education institutions. Both objective and subjective obstacles to the achievement of the goals postulated in relation to the right to education of children suffering from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict are outlined.