SchChat - School | Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical University

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The history of teacher training in Kryvyi Rih region dates back to the early 20th century. According to the documents there was Ukrainian teacher seminary in 1921 in Kryvyi Rih. Its graduates received an appropriate certificate. M. Ya. Borodulin was the head of the seminary at that time. The name of this man was also related to the opening pedagogical courses for training primary school teachers, preschool nursery teachers and employees of political and education institutions (October 1923). These courses headed by M. Ya. Borodulin achieved the status of higher education institution having a 3-year term of studying based on 7-year education certificate. After the first class graduation on September 1st, 1925, the courses were reorganized into pedagogical college and relocated to Nikopol. Kryvyi Rih teacher training courses continued to function as up-grading teacher development courses. In fact, the history of the University began in 1930. At that time, the Institute of Vocational Education was founded in Kryvyi Rih within the Council Ordinance of USSR People Commissars, minute №25 / 677 from August, 11th, 1930. The Institute was headed by Ivan Ivanovych Sochniev. Classes started on October 1st, 1930. Two departments such as technical and mathematical, as well as social and economic trained students at that time. The workers' faculty was functioning within the Institute. Its graduates were eligible to enter the Institute without passing entrance exams. The Institute focused on training teachers of Mathematics, Physics, History and Political Economy, Ukrainian and Russian language and literature. The newly created educational institute was entrusted with extremely important tasks of educating a new generation of Ukrainian youth in Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvyi Rih region.