Against degradation of education

Against degradation of education was a 2010 to 2013 campaign of the Vidsich to prevent the adoption of education reform in Ukraine. After June 2013, it shifted to a campaign in support of "EIE protection". It was later subsumed into the Euromaidan movement, which installed a new government that passed new education reform supported by the Vidsich in 2014.
Reasons.
On November 8, 2010 the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published a new edition of the draft law "On higher education". Concern is growing among students and civil activists because this draft law provides a number of rules, which tends to strengthen corruption in higher education, increase the commercialization of education, restrict student government. In particular, the new draft law, compared to current law #2984-14, allowed to indefinitely increase fees for contract students during the period of study, abolished the guarantee of acceptance to the first course on free basis for distance learning (part-time), evening and external learning students, abolished the minimum limit of funding for training and ability to combine forms of study, declined funding for free education by 42% and contained many confusing and legally incorrect statements.
Course of events.
2010.
On November 8, the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science (MES) sent copies of the draft law "On higher education" to all of its departments and the head of every university, effectively releasing the bill to the public. The MES stated it would request its passage in the Verkhovna Rada, and explained why it believed the law would improve the education system. Subsequently, on December 22, Oleksandr Yefremov and Maxim Luczky registered the draft law "On higher education" #7486-1 in Verkhovna Rada.
Campaign to protect EIE.
This civil campaign started on June 3, 2013 to protect External independent evaluation from canceling or considerable decrease of its role. It was started by civil movement Vidsich as a part of "Against degradation of education" as a response to registration of draft law on amending the law of Ukraine "On higher education" #2060а on May 18, 2013. During it activists mostly were distributing leaflets near higher educational institutions, in which were described consequences EIE from adoption of draft law "On higher education" #2060а and #1187. There were not a lot incidents. In Vinnytsia near Vinnytsia National Agrarian University activists and journalist were constantly attacked by "Voluntary people's squad". Grigoriy Kalietnik, a coauthor of the draft law "On higher education" #1187, was a rector in that time.
Results.
All attempts to adopt draft laws, against which students protested, failed.
On April 8, 2014 Verkhovna Rada voted in first reading for draft law "On higher education" #1187-2 developed by working group of Mykhailo Zghurovskyi. After that voting for a draft law in second reading was groundlessly delayed. Students held several actions demanding that draft law was adopted sooner. On July 1 the draft law was adopted in the second reading and on August 1 was signed by the President. And finally it came into force September 6, 2014.