Part of the schools of the Kherson Region will start working in a mixed format from September, but most of them will work remotely

From September 2024, the educational process in the Kherson region will take place remotely in about 170 schools of the region.

Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this on the air of the Yedyni Novyny telethon.

«There will be no offline education as such in Kherson region, most schools will work remotely,» he said.

This is due to the security situation, which does not allow opening the doors of schools for Kherson students and endangering children's lives, says the head of the RMA.

«We understand that offline learning requires shelters that meet established safety and comfort standards for children. We are working on it. Perhaps the next academic year will be safer and more schools will open,» added Oleksandr Prokudin.

However, seven schools of the region will start their work in a mixed format, he said. We are talking about Bilozerska, Visokopilska, Daryivska, Muzikivska and Chornobaiivska communities.

We will remind you that the executive committee of the Mykolaiv City Council agreed to open part of the city's schools and kindergartens from September 1, 2024.

What about children's education in Mykolaiv?

Mykolaiv schoolchildren have been studying online since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Although the government, with the help of donors and the state, is actively setting up shelters in educational institutions, which sometimes causes indignation among the townspeople.

The refusal of children to go to school is a guarantee of their personal safety, because Mykolaiv is still in the zone of possible ballistic damage from the Russian military, says Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych. At the same time, he emphasizes the importance of preparing shelters and resuming education in schools when the Armed Forces move the front line.

Earlier, the head of Mykolaiv RMA Vitalii Kim explained why schools in Mykolaiv still work online: educational institutions are targets for the Russian army, since at the beginning of a full-scale war, they usually housed military personnel.

It is worth noting that earlier in response to the information request of NikVesti regarding the criteria that educational institutions of Mykolaiv must meet in order to resume full-time work in the 2023-2024 academic year, the city's education department reported: schools will work in accordance with the recommendations of the State Emergency Service and the Sanitary Regulations approved by the Ministry health care. The first is the availability of shelter, and the second is drinking water at school.

In the next few years, the authorities plan to equip 54 shelters in kindergartens, schools and lyceums in Mykolaiv.

In general, the outflow of students was recorded in Mykolaiv schools this year. Compared to the last academic year, the number of students decreased by 3,300.

Lithuania plans to build a shelter school in the Mykolaiv region by the end of 2024. Similar underground institutions should appear in 5 more regions of Ukraine.

As of February 2024, shelters were installed in 31% of schools in Mykolaiv. There are 21 institutions of general secondary education: 10 lyceums and 11 gymnasiums.