Kim: About a thousand more shelters need to be arranged in schools and kindergartens of the Mykolaiv region

Shelter in the Mykolaiv Lyceum No. 55, photo: NikVesti

As of August 2024, about a thousand more shelters need to be installed in educational institutions of the Mykolaiv region. These are kindergartens, schools, universities.

Vitalii Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, announced this on August 1 on the broadcast of the Yedyni Novyny telethon.

At the same time, currently in the region   already repaired 300 school shelters with budget funds and thanks to the help of international partners, he added.

«Our total need is about 1,000 storage facilities only in educational institutions. At the moment, thanks to the state, regional and local budgets, as well as international donors, more than 300 have been made. That is, we have opened 300 storage facilities. Currently, this is about half of the children who intend to study full-time. We plan to do exactly that,» said Vitalii Kim.

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 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 Pervomaiskyi 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.