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Journal Regional Economy -- re2020.03.046

Repository of Institute of Regional Research UDC [338.46:37](477); JEL I29:O18
Paska, O. V. (2020). L'vivshchyna yak osvitniy tsentr: peredumovy ta napryamy rozvytku [Lvivska oblast as an educational center: development preconditions and directions]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 97 (3), 46-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2020-3-5. [in Ukrainian].
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Paska Oleh Volodymyrovych

Ph.D. of Public Administration

Director of the Department of Education and Science of the Lviv Regional State Administration

Contacts: paskaoleh@gmail.com

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The paper evaluates the capacity and defines the development directions for Lvivska oblast as an educational center. The place of education in the GRP of Lvivska oblast and dynamics of employed in science in the region in 2012-2018 are analyzed. The reasons for professional and qualification misbalance at the labor market of Lvivska oblast are examined. The trends that characterize the demographic situation in Lvivska oblast and their socio-demographic consequences for the nearest future are determined. The falling birth rate causes the reduced need for places in pre-school establishments and the annual decline in the number of first-grade pupils, thus leading to the falling number of the working-age population and workforce deficit as well as growing demographic load on the working population. Structural changes in the population distribution by the type of settlement testify to the activation of urbanization processes. The ongoing spatial redistribution of children within the region will lead to misbalances in the load on the educational infrastructure. The gradual decline in the number of persons studying in the general secondary education and vocational establishments and growing number of students in higher education establishments are emphasized. The dynamics of the number of educational facilities and consumers of educational services in the region is analyzed, and the falling number of educational facilities of all levels (excluding the pre-school one) in 2012-2019 is emphasized. The results of the external independent evaluation on Ukrainian language and literature of the 2019 graduates in Lvivska oblast by the types of educational establishments. Transformation processes in higher education are examined, including the optimization of the number of educational establishments, quick development of large universities, losing the positions by small establishments with lower quality of services, and growing education level. A hub is suggested to be used as an organizational ground for the development of an educational domain in the region.

Keywords:

demographic situation, education infrastructure, consumers of educational services, regional policy in education

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