The director of the Assessment Center denied that she had yelled at the student

The head of the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQ), Tetyana Vakulenko, has been accused of displaying a disrespectful attitude and using profanity during a conversation with a potential participant in the National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT). In response to an audio recording circulating on social media, the official categorically denied these allegations, calling the track crudely edited and fabricated to destroy her professional reputation and discredit the center.

 Vakulenko emphasized that she had never used offensive language toward prospective applicants and announced that she had filed an official complaint with law enforcement agencies and attorneys to protect her honor, dignity, and professional reputation.

The conflict arose over an appeal filed on May 27 regarding the refusal to register a girl for the test who had submitted her documents only during the extended period. The applicant and her representatives from the law firm claimed that they had successfully created an account during the main registration period (March 5 to April 2, 2026), but were unable to complete the procedure due to system malfunctions. However, the UCEQA login system recorded that the student had logged in to the website only once—on March 8— partially filled out the information, did not upload her educational certificate, and did not submit the form for processing, as a result of which her empty profile was subsequently automatically deleted. As evidence of “successful” registration, the lawyers attached personal screenshots of the teenagers’ correspondence, which contained Russian profanity, to the application.

Later, a man named Yegor called Tetyana Vakulenko, introducing himself as the girl’s family’s representative. According to the director, for ten minutes he exerted psychological pressure on her, threatening her with dismissal and public discrediting, while she was merely explaining the legal grounds for the rejection, which had been approved by a collegial appeals commission. During the conversation, the director asked why the official documents included the mother of the teenagers who were arguing. The head of the UCEQA suspects that this very caller recorded the conversation and took certain words out of context. Vakulenko also added that several influential figures, including a member of parliament, had approached her regarding this applicant, arguing that the girl is the daughter of a soldier missing in action, although no supporting documents confirming this status were provided to the assessment center.

Vakulenko wrote about this on Facebook.