On Friday, July 15, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allocated funds from the reserve fund of the state budget to compensate universities for students' debts for the second semester of study. This was announced by the Minister of Education and Science Sergei Shkarlet.

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According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, these students will be exempted from paying for the second semester of study, and the funds that universities were supposed to receive and spend, in particular on salaries for employees and utility bills, will be compensated by the state.

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“In order to streamline the situation, the Ministry of Education and Science initiated the issue of compensation for the costs of higher education institutions related to the management of the Ministry.

So, in 2022, 86 million 814.4 thousand. hryvnias will be allocated to the Ministry of Education and Science for further transfer to higher education institutions,” said the Minister of Education.

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