The working meeting took place under the chairmanship of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ivan Vyhivskyi. Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs was represented by the acting rector Ihor Mahdalina.
During the meeting, issues regarding the organization of the educational process, as well as scientific and sports activity in institutions of higher education belonging to the sphere of management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations and higher military educational institutions of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine were considered.
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ivan Vyhivskyi spoke about the key challenges in the sphere of professional training of personnel and focused attention on the importance of introducing new approaches to the organization of training.
The working meeting was moderated by the Deputy Minister Serhii Kobets.
“We must train specialists who will professionally perform their tasks and respond to the challenges of today. The system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is an integral organism, in which each direction of work is an important component of the common cause: ensuring law and order, internal stability, saving people and protecting the state border. Therefore, the quality of education, practical training and professionalism of future specialists – this is our priority,” noted Serhii Kobets.
The director of the Department of Education, Science and Sports of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Oleksandr Tarasenko during his speech noted:
“Education in the security and defense sector is one of the mechanisms for forming the capabilities of the state. Therefore, in the basis of the development of education of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we lay a simple principle: service forms a request, education – transforms it into competences and methodologies, and practice – checks the result.”
Special attention was paid to the issue of implementing veteran policy in institutions of higher education of the bodies of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the deputy director of the Department – head of the department of science and innovations of the Department of Education, Science and Sports of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yehor Nazymko, one of the main directions of the implementation of this policy is the employment of war veterans, primarily persons with disabilities, taking into account their combat experience and professional competence.
“An important direction of veteran policy is the provision of educational, psychological, legal and other services taking into account the needs of veterans. It is also about their involvement in national-patriotic education, volunteer initiatives and adaptive sports, which contributes to recovery and social adaptation,” he emphasized.
During the meeting, the issues of planning scientific-technical activity in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for 2027-2028 and the organization of the work of institutions of higher education of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding scientific-expert support for the development of normative-legal acts and documents of strategic planning were also discussed.
Separately, the participants of the meeting reported on the results of the analysis of the state of preparation of institutions of higher education of the bodies of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the winter period, in particular regarding the readiness and functioning of shelters and points of invincibility; issues of ensuring cybersecurity of information-communication systems, as well as the involvement of cadets in ensuring public safety and order.
Based on the materials of the Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
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