In the world labor market many “head-hunters” are looking for the talents in the post-Soviet area states. The former Eastern Europe countries are still using the benefits of the Soviet system of education which provided high-classed specialists in such areas as building constructions, engineering, metallurgy, heavy industries etc.

The Foundation

The Soviet-time education was organized in a highly centralized government-run system. Every citizen could obtain any level of education for free and every person was suggested post-educational employment - these were the greatest advantages of the Soviet system. The Soviet Union recognized that foundation of the educational system depended upon complete dedication of the people to the state ideology and “planned economy” goals; this was accomplished by means of thorough psychological and military training, and through specialized but broad education in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, life sciences and social sciences and arts. Read more about this on our educational services website

History

In Imperial Russia, according to the 1897 Population Census, literate people made up 28.4 percent of the population. During the 8th Party Congress of 1919, the creation of the new Socialist system of education was proclaimed the major aim of the Soviet government. The abolition of illiteracy became the primary task in the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.

By the end of the 1960-s, almost 100% of the population were literate, meaning that each citizen of the country had obtained a secondary (high-school) education.

Post-Soviet countries’ specialists abroad

Many Ukrainian youth are looking for jobs outside of Ukraine, mostly because the work is paid there higher than in their native country. I heard a story about a girl who went to Great Britain and applied for a job in a bank. She was accepted for a trial period which had to last for several months, but after several weeks she was suggested to take the job with a regular payment – pretty high payment – and to sign a 5 year contract to work for that bank…

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