Ukraine launches renovation of vocational schools to facilitate reconstruction
Source: Ukraine’s education ministry
The Ministry of Education and Science informed that the first 72 vocational schools, where professions for the reconstruction of Ukraine will be taught, have already been determined.
The defined vocational schools will receive UAH 500 million of state funds for the renovation of workshops.
The transformation of institutions takes place within the framework of the “#100 workshops” project.Already at the end of spring, they will begin large-scale renovations of the educational premises.
The remaining 28 vocational schools, whose workshops will be updated at the expense of international partners and business, are still being selected.
Last year, the Ministry of Education and Science announced the start of the “#100 workshops” project, the goal of which is to update the workshops of vocational schools, which will help students learn the most necessary for the country professions.
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