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.
American Zoom Video Communications for the 2022-2023 academic year will provide free access to Zoom Meetings for Education software.
“This is very important during the war, when all education takes place online. Now some students are defending their theses in the trenches, protecting the state, and teachers are conducting lessons for schoolchildren directly from bomb shelters,” wrote Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Education and Science, in a letter to educational institutions published on the Osvita.ua portal, said that the extended access of Large Meeting allows participants in the educational process to record meetings, as well as conduct training sessions for 1000 participants at the same time.
Also, according to the Ministry of Education, educational institutions that have applied for advanced features of Google Workspace for Education will receive the corresponding update until August 2022.
