This year, the state budget has already allocated 2.5 billion UAH for the construction of school shelters and 1 billion UAH for the purchase of school buses.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine distributed about 5 billion UAH from the budget for shelter to schools in Chernihiv, Kherson, Kharkov, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, and Dnepropetrovsk regions. Prime Minister Denis Shmygal announced this on Tuesday, August 20.
In addition, the government allocated almost UAH 216 million for school buses, of which more than 120 units were purchased this year.
This year, the state budget has already allocated 2.5 billion UAH for the construction of school shelters and 1 billion UAH for the purchase of school buses.
It is expected that thanks to the allocated funds and co-financing from local budgets, at least 500 school buses will be purchased by 2024.
We remind you that the government has approved three options for organizing ground shelters for schools. Society can implement them depending on the need and level of threats.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Education and Science distributed 2.2 billion to 50 school shelters.
We remind you that in the Kyiv region they built a school shelter that does not meet the standards.
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