Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet instructed local authorities to make a decision on distance learning by the end of this week.
“Dear teachers, pupils, parents, students! Today, the enemy again dealt crushing blows to parts of the regions and the capital. I appeal to the leaders of the OVA and heads of educational institutions! Our task is to protect all participants in the educational process as much as possible. Therefore, I ask you to make a decision to study in a remote format until the end of the current week (until 10/14/2022),” Shkarlet wrote in the Telegram channel.
The minister emphasized that safety is above all.
“Please do not neglect the rules of conduct during the air raid signal, go down to the shelter. Take care of yourself,” he summed up.
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. will provide its products for distance learning, according to the Ministry of Education and Science.
“The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. have agreed to grant a license for the unified communication platform Zoom Education and Large Meetings applications for organizing distance learning in educational institutions of Ukraine,” the ministry’s press service said.
It is noted that Zoom will provide a sufficient number of licenses so that every school and institution of higher education in Ukraine can carry out educational programs online.
The agency says that as of today, nearly 800 schools have licensed access to use Zoom tools, allowing millions of applicants to start the 2022-2023 school year on time.
Higher educational institutions throughout Ukraine will be transferred to distance learning due to the aggravation of the situation with the incidence of COVID-19, and the autumn holidays will begin a week earlier in general education schools, but the final decision on this issue will be made by local authorities, head of the parliamentary committee on issues of health of the nation, medical care and health insurance Mykhailo Radutsky said.
“During the last meeting, the President of Ukraine made a number of important decisions to combat the COVID-19 epidemic … We are temporarily transferring universities to distance learning. This decision is fully supported by the leadership of educational institutions. Unfortunately, there are already several outbreaks of infection of employees and students, as well as fatal cases. Last week, the Dean of the Faculty of Geography of the Shevchenko National University of Kyiv died … Autumn holidays in schools should start earlier. The start date of the holidays is determined by the local authorities, but it is optimal if the holidays start next week, before October 15,” wrote Radutsky on Facebook on Sunday.
