73% of the projected number of future first-graders have already registered in Mykolaiv

In Mykolaiv, parents are actively registering first-graders. So far, 73% of the projected number of future schoolchildren have submitted applications.

Oleksandr Sienkevych, the head of the Mykolaiv City Council, announced this.

Enrollment of students is carried out in two stages. The main wave is from April 19 to May 31. Also, an additional wave will take place after June 15.

According to Oleksandr Sienkovych, almost 1,700 applications from parents were submitted to the general secondary education institutions of the city.

«This is 73% of the projected number of future first-graders,» added the city mayor.

One of the parents or a legal representative can register a child. You can find out how to do this at the link.

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.

Currently, shelters have been installed in 37 educational institutions out of 142 schools and kindergartens in Mykolaiv. At the end of December 2023, the commission recommended the opening of seven more educational institutions with shelters.

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

We will remind, this year the outflow of students was recorded in the schools of Mykolaiv. Compared to the last academic year, the number of schoolchildren decreased by 3,300. Vitalii Kim, the head of Mykolaiv RMA, explained that the city's schools are working online because they are still targets for the Russian army. Vitalii Kim also explained that the decision on the offline operation of the city's schools will be made by the Office of the President and the Ministry of Education.

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