As of the beginning of 2023, about 203 thousand Ukrainian children who fled the war continue to study in Germany. This was announced on Monday, February 6, by German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger during a visit to Kyiv, DW reports..

“Of course, we have a great desire that these children do not lose touch with their homeland.. Therefore, we offer them teaching in Ukrainian in parallel. In large cities, local Ukrainian organizations have opened Sunday schools for children, and many continue to study in Ukrainian schools remotely. This obviously forms an additional burden,” she said at a joint briefing with Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet.

The Ukrainian minister, in turn, stressed that distance learning is a voluntary choice of parents who do not want to lose their children's connection with Ukrainian schools, since the transfer of grades from the German educational system occurs according to a well-established mechanism and does not cause any problems..

The visit of the German Minister of Education to Ukraine took place for the first time in 10 years. The press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education reported that Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Sergiy Shkarlet discussed the current situation with the educational process, the extent of the destruction of kindergartens, schools, vocational schools, universities and scientific institutions, challenges in the field of education and science, as well as priority areas for further cooperation.

The ministers also visited the Kiev Higher Vocational School of Construction and Design.

Germany is actively helping the warring Ukraine: in particular, our country received 15 school buses from Germany to bring students and teachers to schools, some schools in Germany began teaching the Ukrainian language and literature, history, geography, culture and traditions, in addition, in Leipzig it was.

The press service also reported that last year more than six thousand Ukrainian graduates had the opportunity to complete the NMT in temporary examination centers in six German cities in order to enter Ukrainian universities..

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