Shmyhal: Schools have more than 12,000 generators

Generator on Cathedral Square in Mykolaiv / Photo: «NykVesty"

Ukrainian schools are equipped with more than 12,000 generators, and at the end of the academic year, almost 50% of educational institutions were able to provide the educational process thanks to alternative power sources.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this was discussed at the government meeting with the heads of RMA regarding preparation for the new academic year.

«Currently, educational institutions have more than 12,000 generators. At the end of the academic year, approximately 50% of schools could provide the educational process thanks to alternative sources of power. He gave the heads of regions the task of inspecting educational institutions for their readiness for the next heating season,» the prime minister wrote.

In 2024, more than 7,300 schools (58%) with more than 1.7 million students are working full-time. Another 2.4 thousand (19%) schools work remotely and 2.8 thousand (22%) — mixed.

This year, Denys Shmyhal added, the budget provides 2.5 billion hryvnias for the provision of safe conditions in schools, 50 projects have already received funds. In total, 10,500 schools were provided with shelters. More than 5,000 have conditions for organizing training in warehouses.

At the same time, the government has earmarked 1 billion hryvnias for the purchase of school buses this year.

Read the article NikVesti «The second attempt. Will it be possible to open Mykolaiv schools offline this year?».

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 more regions of Ukraine.

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

Where in Mykolaiv Oblast is there a full-time education?

57 educational institutions were allowed to work offline in the Mykolaiv region. Most of them are schools of Voznesensk and Pervomaisk districts. In addition, 94 schools work mixed, that is, children study offline in a certain order, for example, one week after another. Another 277 educational institutions work online.

It was also possible to organize an offline educational 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 wish to study full-time.