According to 2017 EduConf speech of the (then) Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, Liliya Hrynevych, the amount of budget financing for the sphere of education would reach about ₴53 billion in 2017 (compared to 42 in 2016).
Liliya Hrynevych, Ukraine's Minister of Education and Science at the time of the 2017 EduConf speech, stated that the education sector's budget would be around ₴53 billion in 2017 (up from ₴42 billion in 2016).