Guide “New Vocational School. Handbook on repair works in vocational education institutions”

This guide has been created within the framework of the project ‘Public-Private Partnership for Improving Vocational Education in Ukraine’, which is being implemented with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Heberit Trading LLC, Sika Ukraine LLC and implemented by Swisscontact with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The guide was developed by the team of the Big City Lab urban bureau together with the ARC Wayfinding Systems agency.

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“New Vocational School. Handbook on repair works in vocational education institutions” is a guide containing practical and comprehensible recommendations on how to approach the repair of educational institutions systematically.

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Context

In the third year of the full-scale war, staff shortages are becoming more acute. According to this year's data from the Centre for Economic Strategy, about 5 million Ukrainians live abroad.

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For the country's economic growth and post-war reconstruction, it is necessary to encourage young people, IDPs and veterans trying to adapt to new realities to get an education in Ukraine. To do this, educational spaces need to be transformed.

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So today, Ukraine faces a crucial task: to make vocational education prestigious, and educational institutions functional and aesthetically appealing. This is exactly what the guide “New Vocational School. Handbook on repair works in vocational education institutions” is intended to help with.

Project

Today, each vocational education institution performs repair works independently, usually on a case-by-case basis. As a result, the premises differ in their general condition and design. Therefore, the guide contains practical and clear recommendations that will help to approach the renovation systematically and transform outdated premises into new spaces in a uniform design.

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When creating the guide, our team applied four main principles: functionality, barrier-free accessibility, aesthetics, and durability.

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To develop the “New Vocational School. Handbook on repair works in vocational education institutions”, we worked with school principals and teachers, as well as students, so they could explain what they need from both standard premises and specific facilities, such as workshops. We also considered the experience of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, countries where vocational education is prestigious and well-developed.

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