The CN OPORA was widely contacted by students and their parents with suspicions that the tops of the ratings in prestigious universities are taken by false winners of prestigious competitions. In this regard, OPORA checked lists of students of  Kiev National University of Taras Shevchenko and Kyiv National Economic University of Vadym Hetman.

On July 23, 2010, by the Decree of the MES №735 the changes were implemented to the Terms of admission and the admission terms were prolonged in 5 days 

Instead of the Order the Ministry of Education prepared a letter, but this is not legally binding!

This year's applicants who are eligible to apply no more than 5 universities still do not know the size of state demand in the universities. Thus, prospective students are deprived of opportunities to make informed choices about the cherished school. So, after the limit of universities will be exhausted, they may find that the number of state budget places for specific specialties will be lower than last year.

When introducing students to the data base, staff of the admission committee noticed that in fields where it is necessary to specify the objects of which applicant shall submit certificates, specifically "SUBJECT 2" is the ability to select only the math or history of Ukraine. At the same time, according to university admission rules there must be Biology and it is absent in the automatic list. Executive Secretary of the admission committee in KSAU argues that she telephoned to the ministry a...

OPORA checked the work of operational staff on admissions, which on behalf of MES had to be created in each region.  Experts of the network wanted to contact the hotline with question that can be potentially interesting for each applicant: the notary refuses to certify copies of documents, what should I do? We emphasize that this issue is a test. A skilled worker must answer: it is not necessary to notarize the copies of documents; they will be notarized, after checking with originals. in the...

CN OPORA commenced the public monitoring of admissions in 2010 in 25 higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The purpose of monitoring is to collect and disseminate information on the quality and transparency of admission, protection of citizens' rights to equal access to education.

June 21. Today, during the external testing in chemistry at school № 28 of Cherkasy,  an applicant who cheated openly, was denied the right to continue work on the test.