On July 8, 2019, the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine visited Sumy.

On July 8, 2019, the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine visited Sumy.

Liliya Grinevich’s intensive program of stay at Sumy National Agrarian University included negotiations with university management, meetings with veterinary faculty staff, briefing with media journalists, holding a meeting with representatives of various branches of education of the region.

Issues related to the implementation of the New School program and the reform of extracurricular education, the recently adopted law on higher education and its connection, were discussed, as well as the connection with the functioning of universities. In the activities of universities, the leading role in the development of the scientific industry was emphasized. The Minister noted the advanced position of the SNAU in increasing the importance of scientific research in the introduction of centers for the collective use of scientific equipment.

It was also time to get acquainted with the precision agriculture laboratory of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and build a training ground for research and training of personnel on agricultural machinery throughout the year.

Such working meetings are necessary to clarify the directions of development of the Ovitanian branch in general and our university, in particular.