eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2013-11-26 1 11 561 565 10.12691/education-1-11-18 EDUCATION201311118 article Z. Serdyuk serdyuk_z@ukr.net 1 А. Tkachenko 2 Department of Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Mathematics, Bohdan Khmelnytskyy National University at Cherkasy, Ukraine Department of Physics, Bohdan Khmelnytskyy National University at Cherkasy, Ukraine The article suggests an overview of secondary education characteristics in Ukraine; role, place and goals of studying mathematics in a Ukrainian secondary school; types of educational establishments are highlighted; terms of pupils' study on each of the three basic stages are commented on.. Place and goal of studying mathematics at secondary school is discussed in the article. The results of senior pupils' educational success monitoring on mathematics are analyzed and the examples of tests are given. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/1/11/18/education-1-11-18.pdf full secondary educationstudying mathematicselementary schoolsecondary schoolsenior school