Kim instructed to prepare the schools of the Mykolaiv Oblast for offline learning: «There is a request from society»

In the communities of the Mykolaiv region, commissions will be created for proper preparation before the start of the full-time educational process.

Vitalii Kim, the head of Mykolaiv RMA, gave the relevant instructions during the conference call.

The head of the region appealed to the heads of districts and heads of territorial communities with a request to create commissions for the proper preparation of institutions before the start of education, noting that the primary condition is the safety of children.

«There is a public demand for the restoration of offline education. For this, it is necessary to qualitatively prepare educational institutions before the beginning of the new academic year. One of the main criteria is the safety of the educational process. Particular attention should be paid to the availability of shelters, the preparation of food blocks, water supply and drainage systems, in accordance with sanitary and epidemiological norms,» said Vitalii Kim.

In addition, he emphasized the need to provide schools with alternative sources of energy. This requires the installation of generators, the formation of reserves of fuel and lubricants, as well as the installation of solar stations and accumulators.

It is worth reminding that the majority of educational institutions of the Mykolaiv region, which will work in full-time mode, will switch to a rotating training format. This is due to the fact that most shelters in educational institutions are not designed for the number of students and school staff. As Alla Velikhovska, head director of the Department of Education and Science, reported during her recent briefing, the Ministry of Education of Ukraine offers three formats of education. The first — educational institutions that work full-time (some with a variable format of education), the second — institutions that will have a mixed form. The third format is also educational institutions where there will be distance learning only.

In particular, about 80% of schools want to start face-to-face education by the beginning of the academic year only in Mykolaiv district, as stated by the head of the RVA Maksym Kosuba.

Previously, the mayor of Mykolaiv said that he plans to start 29 schools for full-time and mixed education from September, but the final decision must be made by the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration.

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.

Previously, 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.

Where in Mykolaiv Oblast is there a full-time education?

57 educational institutions were allowed to work offline in the Mykolaiv region. Most of them are schools of Voznesenskyi and Pervomayskyi districts. In addition, 94 schools work mixed, that is, children study offline in a certain sequence, for example, one week after another. Another 277 educational institutions work online.

It was also possible to organize an offline educational process in the front-line Ochakiv, which is still in the zone of damage by the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system. There is a mixed form of education.

According to the monitoring of the Department of Education of the Mykolaiv City Council, 65% of schoolchildren want to study full-time.