After the shelling of the kindergarten in Ukrainka, Mykolaiv Oblast, the roof is being repaired for ₴1.4 million

In the village of Ukrainka, in the Halytsynivka Territorial Community of Mykolaiv Oblast, the roof of the «Verbychenka» kindergarten, which was damaged by Russian shelling, has been repaired. For this, 1.4 million hryvnias were allocated from the community budget.

As of today, windows and doors still need to be installed there and the premises need to be repaired, Nataliia Lesiv said in a comment to NikVesti.

«After the arrival (in the summer of 2022, — note) the kindergarten was destroyed, half of the roof was completely missing. Today, it is under renovation. We still have a storage room in this garden, but no one will take care of it until the roof is made. You can imagine the condition of the kindergarten building if there was no roof. After the arrival, there are no windows, the door is also broken, repairs are needed,» she said.

According to data from the ProZorro public procurement system, the education and culture department of the Halytsynivka village council signed a contract for roof repair with entrepreneur Vadym Kalitskyi. By December 31, 2024, he must clean the roof of existing debris, dismantle the old coating, disassemble the skylights (installed in the roof, note) and install new ones, install a new roof coating, make it thermally insulated, install supports for lightning protection devices, etc.

According to the data of the YouControl analytical system, Vadym Kalitskyi has been registered as a sole trader since June 21, 2023. Its main activity is the organization of building construction. In 2023, Vadym Kalitskyi received contracts worth 2.4 million hryvnias, but so far he has completed works worth 197 thousand hryvnias. These are repairs of shelters, roofs and summer scenes in educational and cultural institutions of various communities of Ukraine. And since the beginning of 2024, he has received only one contract — 1.4 million hryvnias for the repair of the roof of a kindergarten in Ukrainka.

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. Vitaliy 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 Pervomaysk 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 training 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.