There are 22 kindergartens in Mykolaiv: they are enough for only a third of the children in the city

Beds in one of the kindergartens in Mykolaiv, May 2023, photo NikVesti

There are 22 kindergartens in Mykolaiv, in which 4,800 children study. Another 9,000 children are waiting in line to attend kindergartens.

During a briefing on August 30, the head of the Department of Education of the City Council, Hanna Lychko, announced this , NikVesti reports.

«You know that we had 74 preschool education institutions. Now the network is 73 — one preschool education institution was liquidated. But today, only 22 preschool education institutions are working full-time, in which 4.8 thousand children are employed. All these educational institutions work in their own buildings, but 21 of them have their own protective shelter, and one more uses the shelter of a general secondary education institution, which is located literally 100 meters away,» said Hanna Lychko.

She also added that in Mykolaiv they plan to repair shelters in nine kindergartens, where another 3,200 children will be able to study.

« But we don't stop there. Because there are more than nine thousand children registered for pre-school education in the city. Therefore, repairs of protective shelters continue in nine educational institutions, which will help us reach another 3,200 children. Another four institutions are taken by donors. After their opening, they will start working full-time,» said Hanna Lychko.

We will remind, in Mykolaiv, due to the outflow of schoolchildren , they decided to combine classes in educational institutions that will work remotely. Because of this, some teachers will have to be laid off.

Earlier, the head of the Department of Education and Science of the Mykolayiv Oblast Alla Velikhovska reported that there is a shortage of teachers of various subjects in the Mykolayiv Oblast. Educational institutions are most in need of teachers of chemistry, physics and biology.

It should also be noted that from September 2, 26 schools, which have equipped shelters, will start working in full-time and mixed form in Mykolaiv. Earlier, the city authorities planned to open 40 schools in Mykolaiv for full-time education. But parents will independently choose the format of education for their children.

More than half of Mykolaiv schoolchildren plan to study offline as early as September 2024 — that's more than 22,000 children. However, as of the end of June, there is an outflow of students from Mykolaiv. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the student contingent has decreased by 13.8% to 6,380 people.