Prime Minister: Government plans to budget UAH 1 billion to modernize elementary school and intends to approve the program for the construction of kindergartens already in September
The Cabinet of
Ministers within the framework of
the education reform is planning to include for the modernization of
primary education the sum worth
UAH 1 billion and also a further increase of teachers’ wages
by 25% in the draft state budget, moreover in September
intends to approve the program
for construction of preschool facilities
in Ukraine. This statement was issued by
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr
Groysman during the Government
sitting on Wednesday, August 23.
«During September
we will approve
the program for construction of kindergartens, which will enable
us to eliminate
queues to preschool facilities in Ukraine. In
2020, there will be no waiting
lists to kindergartens, children will have access
to preschool education. In 2018, we will also
allocate 1 billion hryvnias
for the modernization
of the educational
process in elementary school », stressed the Prime
Minister.