Starting Monday, February 2, as planned, schools under Kyiv's jurisdiction will resume classes. Depending on the security and energy situation, each educational institution can decide whether to hold classes with students in person, remotely, or in a mixed format.
This was reported by the Kyiv City State Administration on the evening of January 29.
The decision to resume training was made by the commission on technogenic and environmental safety and emergencies (TEB and NS).
Schools designated as support points will operate in a face-to-face or remote format, depending on the decision of the pedagogical council. And if an emergency situation arises and there is a need to use the premises of these schools as support points for heating, such institutions will switch to remote mode.
The pedagogical councils will make the appropriate decisions, and school leaders will inform parents and students about this by January 30. Families themselves will be able to choose the learning format that is most comfortable and safe for them, the Kyiv City State Administration adds.
“Our task is to educate children even in these conditions, because education today is part of the stability of the country and our rear,” emphasized Valentyn Mondryivskyi, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
What is known about school holidays in Kyiv and the Kyiv region?
The Kyiv City Defense Council has decided that vacations will begin again in the capital's schools – from January 19 to February 1. Educational losses will be compensated during the spring and one-week summer vacations.
On January 15, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote on social networks that the Ministry of Education and the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) should provide organizational support for the extension of the holidays until February 1. The decision does not apply to kindergartens. Also, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on January 16 that in Kyiv, winter holidays will be extended until February 1 for all educational institutions due to the difficult situation in the energy sector and severe frosts.
Before that, the winter holidays in Kyiv for schoolchildren lasted from December 25 to January 11 inclusive. During this time, massive Russian attacks on energy took place. Because of this, the second semester in Kyiv schools began on time, from Monday, January 12, but in a mixed format: students could join lessons both online and in person — in classrooms.
The winter school holidays in the Kyiv region were not extended. Students were supposed to return to school on Monday, January 19. At the same time, schools were recommended to reduce the duration of lessons to 30 minutes, and to end second-shift classes no later than 4:00 p.m. — taking into account the daylight period.
As of January 21, more than 140,000 students in the Kyiv region have returned to the educational process — this is 67% of the total number of schoolchildren in the region.