INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF VYZHNYTSIA RAION OF CHERNIVTSI OBLAST AS THE BASIS OF THEIR INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The relevance of the study is that today Ukraine is going through a difficult stage of its formation due to the long-term economic crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the war with the Russian Federation, which caused a lot of destruction of urban and rural settlements, undermining of territories, touched the initiated process of decentralization and many other problems of both economic and social nature. Intellectual potential (capital) should become the key to successful post-war formation. It is at this time that Ukraine will need to attract highly qualified workers of various professions to various fields at all administrative and territorial levels – territorial communities, raions, regions, oblasts and the national (state) level. The subject of the study is the analysis of the territorial and spatial features of the formation of the intellectual potential of territorial communities of Vyzhnytsia raion, which is distinguished by its natural, economic, socio-cultural, transport and logistical uniqueness. The study selected students, who in the near future will be the main driving force of change in the post-war reconstruction of communities and territories of all regions of Ukraine. The purpose of the work was to provide a detailed analysis of territorial and spatial differences in the formation of the intellectual potential of communities in the selected raion based on the results of the 2021 external independent evaluation, the 2024 national multi-subject test (in three academic disciplines: Ukrainian language, mathematics, and history of Ukraine), the 3rd stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiads, and the 2nd stage of the competition-defense of research works by students-members of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the 2024–2025 academic year (all disciplines). The research methodology is based on a comprehensive geographical approach using statistical methods, as well as ranking by rating indicators of the level of development of the intellectual potential of students in the territorial communities of Vyzhnytsia raion.Comparative geographical analysis and synthesis, mathematical processing of statistical data, and others were also used. The results of the work have theoretical and practical significance, which is traced in the identification of various factors in the process of forming intellectual potential (capital) in individual communities of Vyzhnytsia raion. Scope of application of the results: the data obtained can be used in the development of Strategies and Programs for the socio-economic development of Vyzhnytsia raion and its individual communities, by education departments in order to improve the level of education and increase students’ interest in olympiads and competitions, by the departments of regional development (or others responsible for this in communities) in order to optimally plan the development of the educational network and improve transport accessibility to the general secondary education institutions. Conclusions: the intellectual potential of the communities of Vyzhnytsia raion was formed under the influence of various factors that affect the educational process in the general secondary education institutions.It was observed that natural conditions are not always decisive in mountainous areas, since Putyla community is a leader in the raion according to the results of testing and olympiads. The communities of the raion have different levels of intellectual development among students. The prospects for further research are in a more detailed study intellectual abilities of different age groups of the population territorial communities raion, and in finding ways to improve the level education, both school and adult education.