The Department of Preschool Education is one of the oldest departments in Ukraine in this specialty. It was founded in 1960. The teaching staff of the Department is constantly carrying out a bold search for the improvement of preschool teacher training. It is for 55 years that the Department has provided the system of preschool education of the southeastern and central regions of Ukraine with highly skilled specialists. More than 20 thousand preschool educators have been trained during this time.