For its 20th anniversary, EPAM Ukraine launched the “IT Education Ambassadors” award. It is awarded to teachers and managers of EPAM Campus partner universities who actively contribute to the development of IT education in the country.
For its 20th anniversary, EPAM Ukraine launched the “IT Education Ambassadors” award. It is awarded to teachers and managers of EPAM Campus partner universities who actively contribute to the development of IT education in the country.
The main selection criteria were involvement in joint initiatives, creation of favorable conditions for student learning, synergy of efforts, and innovative approach.
Examples of cooperation include updating curricula, organizing internships, hackathons, technical support for laboratories, etc.
The first laureates were 28 representatives from over 20 partner universities across the country, including: Polytechnics of Odessa, Lviv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Zhytomyr, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Kyiv Aviation Institute, Ukrainian Catholic University, and others.
"The challenges of modern IT education are not technical, but value-based. We must work harder to change from "teaching subjects" to training a competent specialist capable of interdisciplinary and creative thinking. But despite the difficulties, there are also achievements today. I consider my greatest achievement to be the creation of a vibrant educational community, where teachers, students, and business partners act as a single team. I am proud that our department has become a platform where new projects are born, startups are formed, and ideas emerge, which are then implemented into real products or research initiatives," he shares his impressions.
Natalia Melnykova, head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence Systems at Lviv Polytechnic, is one of the recipients of the award.
Another educator, Oleg Dykyi, dean of the faculty of cybersecurity at the Odessa Law Academy, adds about his motivation to develop IT education in Ukraine: “I was involved in the emergence of this faculty in 2019, and today its first graduates are candidates of technical sciences. I know all the students, I communicate with their parents - for me this is a measure of social responsibility. I promised to teach students and promote their
employment. Therefore, I am doing everything possible for this, in particular, I am developing joint projects with EPAM Campus.
The "IT Education Ambassadors" award is not only a thank you, but also a recognition of the contribution of educators to the development of technological education in Ukraine. EPAM plans to continue supporting partnership initiatives and developing cooperation with universities.
