Local budgets have obtained additional 40% of revenues through the decentralization process. Part of these funds should be directed to repair schools and prepare them for the upcoming winter. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in 10 minutes programme on Sunday, October 4.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted that several days before he had met with 22 headmasters of Kyiv schools, who had won an open competition to fill relevant posts: "They haven’t been appointed by top officials, but these people have been selected as a result of an open transparent competition. They are incredibly talented principals, whose eyes are bright, who have a different vision of how to build secondary education, who ache about their job and who want secondary education to become the foundation for intelligent, well-developed and strong Ukrainian nation."

The Prime Minister explained the meeting had taken place in Kyiv school №148: "The windows in the school haven’t been replaced for 50 years. The gym, to put it mildly, is far from good. The inventory and equipping of the school are far from high standards."

"The school’s headmaster, who was elected through the contest, wants, knows and has an ability to change the school and to provide these children with the best education possible. So do the teachers. But these people need help, primarily by local authorities", stressed Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

He appealed to the representatives of local authorities: "The local budgets contain certain resource: someone has accumulated funds worth dozens of millions, someone - hundreds of millions. Take the money that you received as additional revenue from the decentralization, making up 40% of additional financial resource, and spend it on our children."

Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasised that the city mayors, heads of RSA should ensure preparation of schools for the winter: "Go low. If it is necessary to replace the windows and you have the resource, just do it. If you can repair several classrooms not using funding of parents, but using the money of the local budget, just do it. As you invest in the most precious and valuable – in the knowledge and science for our children".