Ukrainian institutions of general secondary education are preparing to start full-time education from September 1, if possible and they will have shelters. This was stated by the Minister of Education and Science Sergiy Shkarlett and his deputy Andriy Vitrenko during a discussion with the deputies of the Kyiv City Council of the beginning of the new academic year, the press service of the department reports..

Will schools in Ukraine work from September 1.

During the meeting, the parties discussed joint actions for the safe education of children in educational institutions from September 1, 2022. So, at the next meeting of the Kyiv City Council, the issues of conducting an inventory of existing premises for arranging shelters in kindergartens and schools in Kyiv, developing design estimates for equipping shelters and approving estimates of work.

Scarlett emphasized that by the beginning of the new school year, all educational institutions should have prepared shelters..

“All educational institutions should be prepared for the start of the new school year and equipped with shelters for the safety of children. I will insist that schools switch to full-time education from September 1, if possible. We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, courageous defenders and defenders. We are preparing for offline learning, in extreme cases, mixed with the advantage of full-time, ”he explained.

The Deputy Minister added that active work is now underway to monitor security conditions in kindergartens and schools not only in Kyiv, but in all regions of Ukraine.

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What will face-to-face education in schools depend on?.

According to Vitrenko, those educational institutions that will have specially prepared shelters will receive permission to work offline.. He did not rule out that everything depends on the situation in Ukraine..

“According to our plans, schools will open that can be provided with bomb shelters.. There are such schools in Ukraine,” he said..

Earlier, Educational Ombudsman Sergiy Gorbachev said that some educational institutions in Ukraine do not have shelters or have those that are no longer suitable or dangerous for use..