Dear students! Esteemed academic and teaching staff of cooperative educational institutions!
The Presidency of Ukrkoopspilka and the Presidency of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Consumer Cooperative Workers of Ukraine sincerely congratulate you on Knowledge Day and the beginning of the new academic year! September 1 is a special day that embodies the beginning of a new life stage, new opportunities, hopes, discoveries, and the striving for knowledge. In peacetime, this day is traditionally filled with a festive mood, the joy of reunions, the excitement of first-year students, warm words from mentors, and the certainty that knowledge opens the path to new achievements and a successful future. Today, we welcome the new academic year under difficult conditions, as Ukraine continues to courageously resist Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. The war has become a severe trial for each of us, disrupting the usual rhythm of life and posing new, incredibly complex tasks for society and the education system. However, despite all the challenges, the Ukrainian people demonstrate resilience, unity, and an unwavering faith in their country and its future. Education takes on special significance in these challenging times. After all, it is knowledge, professional competence, responsibility, and the ability to think modernly that serve as crucial prerequisites for the country’s rebuilding and further development. By studying and working, we not only continue our daily endeavors but also strengthen Ukraine’s intellectual and spiritual potential, shaping its future. Dear students! It is upon you — the younger generation of Ukrainians — that great hopes and responsibility for our state’s tomorrow are placed. Acquire knowledge persistently and purposefully, develop critical thinking, master modern professional competencies, and be active, responsible, and caring. Do not be afraid to set ambitious goals, seek new opportunities, and move confidently toward realizing your dreams. It is you who will build a modern, strong, democratic, and successful Ukraine. Remember: knowledge, professionalism, humanity, mutual respect, and responsibility are the solid foundation upon which the future is created. May your years of study be not only a time to acquire a profession but also a period of personal growth, new connections, important discoveries, and the shaping of your own life path. Esteemed academic and teaching staff! We sincerely thank you for your selfless work, high professionalism, patience, wisdom, and dedication to your calling. Today, you are not merely passing on knowledge and professional experience to students. You support the youth, help them overcome hardships, maintain faith in their own strength and confidence in the future, and shape a generation of educated, responsible, patriotic, and engaged citizens. Your work during wartime holds special societal weight. It is thanks to your professionalism, endurance, and humanity that the educational process continues, and young people have the opportunity to study, develop, and acquire a profession. You prove every day that education is a powerful force capable of uniting, inspiring, and providing confidence in tomorrow. Today, the cooperative education system of Ukoopspilka continues to operate, preserving and developing its best traditions while simultaneously implementing modern educational technologies. Despite all difficulties, together we are doing everything possible to ensure an accessible, high-quality, and safe educational environment, the professional training of youth, and the preservation of the human and intellectual potential of cooperative education. On this day, we remember with special gratitude our defenders, thanks to whose courage and dedication Ukraine continues to fight for its freedom, independence, and future. We are sincerely grateful to everyone protecting our state, allowing the youth to study, educators to work, and all of us to live, create, and make plans for the future. We wish everyone good health, spiritual strength, resilience, inspiration, optimism, and successful and safe work and studies. May mutual understanding, respect, support, benevolence, and a drive for development prevail in every cooperative educational institution. May the new academic year bring new knowledge, positive changes, significant achievements, and faith in one’s own abilities. May a just peace prevail over Ukraine as soon as possible, and may every success, acquired knowledge, and good deed bring our shared victory closer and consolidate the future of a strong and independent Ukraine! Happy Knowledge Day! Happy start of the new academic year! We believe in Ukraine, in its youth, in the power of knowledge, and in our shared future!
Chairman of the Council of the Ukrainian Central Union of Consumer Societies Illia GOROKHOVSKYI
Head of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Consumer Cooperative Workers of Ukraine Iryna LOPUSHANSKA
