Some schools and kindergartens in Mykolaiv will open on September 2: the executive committee made a decision

The Ukrainian flag against the background of the destroyed building of the Mykola Arkas gymnasium in Mykolaiv, April 23, 2024, photo: Serhii Ovcharyshyn, NikVesti

The Executive Committee of the Mykolaiv City Council agreed to open part of the city's schools and kindergartens from September 1, 2024.

The members of the executive committee made the relevant decision during an online meeting today, August 14, writes NikVesti.

Only those schools and kindergartens that have appropriate shelters will be able to work offline. In general, students are offered to choose one of several possible study formats: online, offline or in a mixed format. At the same time, the mixed format is possible in two variants: on the basis of an educational institution where the child already studies, or on the basis of a new educational institution.

Decisions about the format of education for each child will be made individually by their parents. To do this, they need to fill out the appropriate applications, which can be obtained at the educational institution.

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Organization of meals in educational institutions with full-time education will begin on September 17.

Read also the article NikVesti «The second attempt. Will it be possible to open Mykolaiv schools offline this year?». There we talked about the problems that schools may face.

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.

Earlier, the head of Mykolaiv RMA Vitalii Kim explained why schools in Mykolaiv still work online: educational institutions are targets for the Russian army, since at the beginning of a full-scale war, they usually housed military personnel.

It is worth noting that earlier in response to the information request of NikVesti regarding the criteria that educational institutions of Mykolaiv must meet in order to resume full-time work in the 2023-2024 academic year, the city's education department reported: schools will work in accordance with the recommendations of the State Emergency Service and the Sanitary Regulations approved by the Ministry health care. The first is the availability of shelter, and the second is drinking water at school.

In the next few years, the authorities plan to equip 54 shelters in kindergartens, schools and lyceums in Mykolaiv.

In general, the outflow of students was recorded in Mykolaiv schools this year. Compared to the last academic year, the number of students decreased by 3,300.

Lithuania plans to build a shelter school in the Mykolaiv region by the end of 2024. Similar underground institutions should appear in 5 regions of Ukraine.

As of February 2024, shelters were installed in 31% of schools in Mykolaiv. These are 21 institutions of general secondary education: 10 lyceums and 11 gymnasiums.