Minister Lisovyi: Russians completely ruin 180 schools in Ukraine
The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Education and Science Minister Oksen Lisovyi at a press conference, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Today we have 180 schools that have been ruined completely. More than 300 educational institutions were destroyed, and over 1,300 damaged and liable to expert assessment, whether they can be rebuilt or not,” Lisovyi told.
In his words, the Ukrainian government allocated UAH 1.5 billion to set up bomb shelters before the next academic year starts. Three-quarters of schools have bomb shelters of different level and quality.
“75% of schools are provided with bomb shelters, but this does not mean that 75% of pupils can resume studies. It is about 9,000 schools, and we have 13,000 schools in total. Our priority is to resume [offline] studies, where it is allowed for security reasons. In the regions close to the areas of hostilities, classes will be conducted online,” Lisovyi noted.
In order to improve the quality of education, the ministry recommends that higher educational institutions also resume offline studies, where the security situation allows. Many of such institutions can set up bomb shelters architecture-wise, but sometimes they are not spacious enough to accept all students.
Another issue, according to Lisovyi, may be the migration of teachers. This may also create obstacles for the resumption of offline studies. Hence, the management of each educational institution will decide on the start of offline studies on its own.
