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  • Ihor Klymenko: Educational institutions should become the most protected spaces for our children
    Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, posted 29 January 2025 10:52

    Addressing international partners during a meeting of the Law Enforcement Sectoral Working Group, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko stressed that the safety of children in educational institutions was one of the Ministry’s priorities.

    “The Internal Resilience Plan stipulates that every secondary education institution should have a police officer to ensure the safety of children. School security combines the presence of a specialist and an arsenal of technical equipment. Currently, almost all secondary schools are equipped with panic buttons to call the police. We are also working on a proper access control regime. In particular, we are installing frame metal detectors,” said Ihor Klymenko.

    Currently, almost 1,200 general secondary education institutions are staffed with inspectors of the Educational Security Service.

    The task of the officers is to create safe conditions during the educational process. The police officer coordinates the access control so that no unauthorised person or suspicious object threatens the safety of children, helps students resolve any conflicts peacefully, prevents offences, engages in patriotic education and motivates students to take an active life position.

    In addition, the Minister of Internal Affairs spoke about the Lyceums of Security and National Patriotic Education of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which are already operating in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kryvyi Rih.

    “This academic year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched the Lyceums of Security and National Patriotic Education. More than five hundred children from privileged categories receive full board education there. This is our social responsibility to their parents, who give everything to protect the country. We have the potential to expand and improve the conditions for lyceum students,” added Ihor Klymenko.

    The children of service members, police officers and civil defence personnel who were killed, went missing or became disabled in the line of duty can enter the lyceums of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Also, children whose parents were or are involved in ensuring national security and defence are eligible for admission.

    As a reminder, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hosted the first meeting of the Law Enforcement Sectoral Working Group, co-chaired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine.