Distance learning will not be cancelled in Ukraine, - Fedorov (updated). VIDEO
The order of the Ministry of Education on distance learning was cancelled on Friday.
This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, Censor.NET reports.
"On Friday, for example, Order No. 1112 will be cancelled, to which the MPs' community has many questions. And together with the MPs, we will look for a way to achieve the goals and bring children offline, to safe schools. How to catch up with all the knowledge that has been lost over the past few years - during Covid, a full-scale war - we will look for this way," he said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Education and Science explained that Order No. 1112 approves new rules for the occupancy of remote classes. The minimum number of students in a remote class is 20. However, school founders can reduce this number to 10 students for institutions in the temporarily occupied, frontline territories, villages and towns throughout Ukraine, and to 15 students for institutions in other cities.
Thus, schools with smaller remote classes may lose the ability to maintain them.
Subsequently, Fedorov issued an explanation in which he said that distance learning would not be cancelled.
"Distance learning will not be cancelled. The safety of children is our key priority. We live in a time of war, so distance learning will remain an element of the educational process. The quality of distance learning is a priority. Offline learning is possible only if there are guarantees that children's lives are not in danger," he stressed.
Fedorov said that communities and MPs oppose the possibility of closing schools in the frontline areas, where there are fewer children in classes than stipulated by the Order.
"It is because of these provisions that Order No. 1112 will be cancelled. We are building underground schools and modern shelters so that children can study offline safely under any conditions. We will continue to achieve our goal, taking into account the needs and requests of schoolchildren, parents and educators," he added.
