On the Day of Knowledge, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented an innovative educational digital project called Mriia to Ukrainian schoolchildren, their parents and teachers.
The Head of State spoke about the new Mriia app during a video conference meeting with pupils and teachers from nearly 40 educational institutions from Ukraine and abroad.
The President noted that today the world is constantly changing and some things are losing their relevance, while others are becoming more important. Each child also changes during their studies, so they need a kind of navigation to find their place in this world.
The main goal of the Mriia project is to provide children with their own personal educational space and a unique development algorithm, and to open up opportunities for every Ukrainian to become the person they want to be.
The app will help children, parents, and teachers navigate the learning process and beyond more effectively, and will promptly indicate what to pay attention to and what to devote more time to. It will contain a library of content that is relevant to that particular child, information about educational programs, courses, videos, extracurricular activities, competitions, and clubs.
"The app will recommend what a particular child needs, based on their educational path, their talents, and what they can already define as a dream. No matter what age. No matter what geography. The main thing is for the child to succeed," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Thanks to the app, each child will have their own portfolio in education, which will contain information about their achievements and plans.
"After all, all achievements are important, not just grades: participation in competitions, volunteering, own projects, sports achievements, that is, all the activity of the child, all his or her potential," the Head of State explained.
"Mriia will have a user-friendly interface to keep track of the child's class schedule and extracurricular activities.
In addition, the app allows children to have an ID, a unique digital child document for greater protection and opportunities in the adult world, similar to Diia.
Mriia will help parents know if their child is safe during air raids. All it takes is one tap in the app after the teacher has taken the children to the shelter.
Parents will also be able to see what their child is more talented at, understand what the child needs help with, and what he or she is good at. In addition, Mriia will also provide content for parents to help them develop themselves.
The app will also allow parents to receive feedback from the teacher.
"It is very important that Mriia will finally make teachers' lives easier. We are removing as much paperwork as possible. All kinds of forms that need to be filled out now. The teacher's attention will be focused on teaching, not wasting time," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
In addition, thanks to Mriia, teachers can use not only standard materials for preparing lessons, but also special courses. This can make learning more interesting.
According to the President, by the end of this year, it is planned to start the familiarization process with the Mriia pilot project in test schools, and next year, after the pilot is implemented, the project will be scaled up to other educational institutions in Ukraine.
Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov and Minister of Education Oksen Lisovyi will present every detail of the project step by step.
"All Ukrainians' dreams should come true. And the state is a tool for this. And I already believe in our "Mriia". Because most of all I want to believe in you. In each and every one of you. I want to be proud of you. I want Ukrainians to succeed. Everyone who studies, who teaches, and who dreams as a parent that a child will succeed, will be able to find oneself in life," Volodymyr Zelenskyy summarized.
