The cost of meals in kindergartens and schools will increase by 15-35% from 2025 in Mykolaiv

From January 1, 2025, the cost of meals in kindergartens and schools will increase in Mykolaiv.

The corresponding decision was made on Wednesday, December 11, during the meeting of the executive committee.

As you know, the last time the members of the executive committee increased the cost of meals in Mykolaiv educational institutions was in April 2023. Comparing these new changes with the previous ones, it can be noted that the increase in the cost of food is from 15% to 35%.

Kindergartens

In preschool education institutions where three meals a day are provided, the changes will affect children of different ages:

• For children under 4, the cost of food will increase from ₴92.30 to ₴113.20 per day (+22.6%).
• For children aged 4-6(7), the cost of food will increase from ₴121.20 to ₴139.40 per day (+15%).

Schools

In schools where children receive one-time hot meals, the cost of services will also increase:

For primary school students 6-11 years old the cost of breakfast on the 1st shift will be 71.40 hryvnias, lunch on the 2nd shift will be 78.60 hryvnias.

For pupils of preferential categories:

• For students aged 11-14, the cost of food in 2023 was 60.20 hryvnias/day. In 2025, breakfast (first shift) will cost 73.80 hryvnias, and lunch (second shift) will cost 84.30 hryvnias.
• The cost of food in 2023 for students aged 14-18 was 69.90 hryvnias/day. And in 2025, breakfast (first shift) is 76.10 hryvnias, and lunch (second shift) is 97.80 hryvnias.

Special schools for children with visual impairments:

For children under 4 years old, the cost of food will increase from 92.30 hryvnias to 113.20 hryvnias per day, which is an increase of 20.90 hryvnias or 22.6%.

For children aged 4 to 6 (7) years, the cost of food will increase by 15%, from 121.20 hryvnias to 139.40 hryvnias per day.

Pupils of older groups, aged from 6 to 11 years, will also experience a change in the cost of meals. For them, the price for one day will increase by 35%, from 126.30 hryvnias to 170.60 hryvnias.

For pupils aged 11-14, the cost of food will increase by 31.5%, from 150.50 hryvnias to 197.90 hryvnias per day.

The largest increase in the cost of meals will affect students aged 14 to 18. For them, the price of food will increase by 25.1%, from 174.80 hryvnias to 218.70 hryvnias per day.

However, the cost of meals will not change for students of vocational and technical educational institutions. For orphans on full state maintenance, food will remain at the level of 115.20 hryvnias per day, for orphans under care or from low-income families — 46.10 hryvnias.

We will remind that at the meeting of the city commission, the deputy of the Mykolaiv City Council Dmytro Sichko said that many children in the city refuse to eat dishes prepared according to the new menu developed by Yevhen Klopotenko. According to him, children do not eat meals because they do not contain enough salt, sugar and butter, which makes the food tasteless.

After that, Mykolaiv City Council Deputy Tetiana Dombrovska from the «Servant of the People» party reacted to her colleague's statement. In the comment of NikVesti, she stated that she would like to personally check the quality of food in school canteens in Mykolaiv.