Zaporizhzhia authorities plan to build 5 underground schools
Source: region governor Ivan Fedorov
Governor Ivan Fedorov said that five underground schools will be built in Zaporizhzhia and the region, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has already approved the first projects.
According to Fedorov, there are even more projects ahead, and the total amount of subvention from the state budget is up to 500 million hryvnias.
The first three schools are planned to be built in the city of Zaporizhzhia and two more in Zaporizhzhia district.
‘They will become an educational platform for children of several districts of the regional center and several settlements of the region. Our goal is to enable all children who want it to return to offline learning. In total, there will be 10 underground schools in the future,’ Fedorov state.
Earlier, Kherson authorities announced underground hospitals and Kharkiv has already built an underground school. The need for underground facilities is due to the constant Russian strikes.
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