The meeting with the representatives of Ostrytska AH, in particular with its head Vasyl Tsurkan, starostas, heads of educational institutions, and deputies has been held today in the Chernivtsi Local Government Development Centre. The issue of education management has become a major issue for discussion. Tetyana Tatarchuk, director of the Chernivtsi LGDC, and Viktoriya Cheban, legal counsel, discussed the possibilities of forming an education management body in the hromada.

Three models were proposed:

• delegation of education management functions to the relevant department of the Hertsa Rayon State Administration;
• establishment of own department with all the necessary powers;
• intermunicipal cooperation with other hromadas on the education management issues.

Consequently, the representatives of the Ostrytska AH decided to study the experience of hromadas in the Chernivtsi Oblast already working according to one or another model: “The final decision will be taken at the session of the local council,” said Vasyl Tsurkan, head of the amalgamated hromada.

“Before the end of the school year, it may be better to delegate the methodological and assessment work powers to the RSA, since at the moment the hromada has not yet achieved sufficient capacity to perform these functions. Other functions can already be performed by the AH on its own,” summed up Viktoriya Cheban, legal advisor of the Chernivtsi LGDC, established with the support of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme.