In the Mykolaiv Lyceum №38, a shelter will be set up for almost five hundred children

An equipped shelter in one of the schools in Mykolaiv, photo: NikVesti

A modern anti-radiation shelter will be installed in Mykolaiv Lyceum №38 named after Volodymyr Chaika. These works will cost about 25 million hryvnias.

Oleksii Savchuk, director of the capital construction department of the city council, reported this in a comment to NikVesti.

This shelter will be designed to accommodate more than 400 people at a time for 48 hours.

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«We have project documentation for placing a protective structure in Lyceum No. 38. An anti-radiation shelter is planned. The work is carried out in such a way that the conditions allow children to be there for a certain period of time — up to 48 hours. It is designed for more than 400 people and complies with current building regulations. According to an expert opinion, the cost of this object is approximately 25 million hryvnias,» said Oleksiy Savchuk.

As you know, Mykolaiv Lyceum №38 named after Volodymyr Chaika was included in the list of educational institutions of the city that were approved for operation during 2023-2024. At the same time, the lyceum entered the top three general education institutions in the Ukrainian rating based on the results of the national multi-subject test of 2023.

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 Mykolayiv 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 you that the outflow of students was recorded in the schools of Mykolaiv this year. 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 work 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 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 training process in front-line Ochakov, which is still in the zone of damage by enemy anti-aircraft missiles. 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.