School reconstruction for almost ₴210 million in Kherson region

In the Kherson region, almost 209.9 million hryvnias will be spent on the reconstruction of the support school in the village of Arkhanhelske, damaged as a result of hostilities.

This is evidenced by the data of the public procurement system ProZorro, writes NikVesti.

The client of the works is the Territorial Development Department of the Kherson Regional State Administration. The educational institution is planned to be reconstructed within two years with the help of subventions from the state budget.

The contractor will have to complete all work by December 25, 2025. In particular, to restore the premises of the senior and junior schools, to add to the school building premises for arranging a kindergarten and to build a shelter on the territory of the educational institution. The school also wants to build premises with garages for buses, a site for a diesel generator, ensure accessibility for groups of people with limited mobility, automate the boiler room, lightning protection, ventilation, fire alarm and other things. On the territory of the educational institution, it is also planned to build sports grounds, running tracks, make landscaping and fence the institution.

At the same time, in the «Questions and requirements» section of the announced tender, a question appeared regarding the expediency of using these funds for the construction of a school near the front line.

«Not on time. Please tell me, do you think it is time to spend UAH 210 million on the construction of a new kindergarten 50 kilometers from the front line? Isn't it more necessary for our country at the moment to direct this money to the needs of the defense forces and those soldiers who went to defend our country from your own village?», the message says.

It will become clear who exactly will carry out the reconstruction of the school after May 8, 2024. Currently, the process of submitting offers from future bidders is ongoing.

It is worth noting that the school suffered quite a lot from the shelling: broken windows, doors, a destroyed roof, a damaged facade, a destroyed wall in the gymnasium and a destroyed library.

We will remind, in the Kherson region, 10.5 million hryvnias will be spent on capital repairs of the support school in the village of Ivanivka, damaged as a result of hostilities. At the same time, an underground school for 500 students will be built in Kherson. Project and estimate documentation is currently being developed.

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.

Where in Mykolaiv Oblast is there offline education?

57 educational institutions were allowed to work offline in the Mykolaiv region. Most of them are schools of Voznesensk and Pervomaisk 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.

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