Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine


The Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a governmental organization concerned with extracurricular science teaching. It is an integrated, multilevel system that has been instituted to identify children with special scientific talents. The Junior Academy of Sciences is subordinate to the National Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. It arose from the local network of pioneer palaces.
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Goals

The academy was created
  • to provide mental, intellectual, creative development of school youth,
  • to create conditions for social and vocational orientation, and
  • to exploit the nation's intellectual potential.

Tasks

The main tasks of the Junior Academy of Sciences are
  • the realization of state policy concerning work with gifted school youth;
  • the recognition, development and social support of gifted, bright and talented children;
  • the involvement of intellectually and creatively gifted children in scientific, research, experimental and creative activities;
  • the serving of the school youth needs in vocational orientation and creative self-realization according to their interests and abilities;
  • the extension and systematization of pupils’ knowledge in different areas of science, and the formation of abilities, skills and culture of scientific research;
  • the implementation of contemporary methods and methodic of studying into educational process of general and extracurricular educational institutions, oriented on pupils’ research activity;
  • the study, generalization and expansion of the best pedagogical experience of working with gifted children and youth;and
  • the organization of social support for talented educators.

Structure

Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine unites 27 regional territorial departments which coordinate activities of district and city local departments and pupils’ scientific societies.
General coordination of the local departments’ activity is run by the National Centre “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
Supreme governing body of JAoS is Presidium, members of which are outstanding scientists of our country – country leaders in their research field.

Presidium

President – Oleksiy Dovgyy

Vice-President – Viktor Baryakhtar

Vice-President - Viktor Andrushchenko

Head of Chemistry and Biology Department – Valeriy Kukhar

Head of Philology and Art Studies Department – Mykola Zhulynskyy

Head of Computer Science and Programming Department – Volodymyr Red’ko

Head of Physics and Mathematics Department – Anatoliy Samoylenko

Member of Presidium – Valeriy Heyets′

Member of Presidium – Dmytro Melnychuk

Member of Presidium – Viktor Grinchenko

Educational directions

On the basis of Junior Academy of Sciences around 7 thousand scientific groups and sections in different areas, with over 200 thousand senior pupils are involved annually into scientific and research activity.

Scientific areas:
Science and technology
Computer science and programming
Physics and mathematics
History and Geography
Chemistry and Biology
Philology and Art Studies
Assistance to young scientists and their scientific research is provided by over 6,5 thousand pedagogues and scientists from educational establishments and institutions, among which:
Activity of Junior Academy of Sciences consists of 10 scientific departments which include 56 sections in almost all scientific areas, that promotes recognition of the most talented and gifted youth of our young state and develops scientific potential of the country.
Among students of Junior Academy of Ukraine, there are quite a few gifted children, whose achievements are honored by medals, gratuities, charters, diplomas of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, scholarships from President of Ukraine and prestige international awards.