Half a million Ukrainian school-age children are currently living abroad
As of the beginning of January 2023, there are about 500,000 Ukrainian children of school age living abroad. At the beginning of the academic year [1 September – ed.], there were 488,000.
This was announced by Serhii Shkarlet, the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, on the 24/7 national newscast.
According to the minister, 4 million pupils completed the first term of the academic year in Ukraine.
A large number of school-age children are currently in the temporarily occupied territories, and about 500,000 are abroad.
"Neither parents nor children want to abandon their education at Ukrainian educational institutions. And we are giving them opportunities [to continue].
We have an international Ukrainian school that allows you to study asynchronously while you are abroad," the minister said.
Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda.Life spoke with education experts and drew up a list of 10 challenges to Ukrainian education in 2023 which might well become critical if nothing is done about them.
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