The Ministry of Education and Culture approved the zoning of communities according to the level of security risk in the education system

The Ministry of Education and Culture classified communities according to the level of security in the education system

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The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine approved the division of territorial communities according to the risk level of full-time education. You can familiarize yourself with it on a specially created dashboard.

“Such zoning will help take security risks into account when developing educational policies, choosing places for shelters and resuming full-time or mixed education,” – informs MES

This list is based on the Risk Assessment Methodology approved by the Cabinet of Ministers by Resolution No. 866 of August 2, 2024. It was developed within the scope of implementation “School Offline” policythe purpose of which is to return Ukrainian students to their desks.

Calculating security risk levels, experts analyzed the following data:

• geolocation of educational institutions within the relevant communities;
• the number of students and employees of these institutions;
• forms of education;
• geolocation of explosions;
• location of infrastructure facilities; distance from the front line;
• the status of each community (occupied, in the war zone – both active and potentially possible);
• the proximity of communities to the state borders of Ukraine with the aggressor country, the Republic of Moldova within the Transnistrian region and the Republic of Belarus, etc.

What are the risk levels?

The methodology provides for five levels of security risk in the education system:

1. Compelling – temporarily occupied territories and communities where active hostilities continue.

2. Very tall – the possibility of starting hostilities. In these communities, institutions are located at a distance of up to 45 km from the line of active hostilities, as well as at a distance of up to 45 km, 30 km or 15 km from the borders with the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova within the Transnistrian region, respectively.

3. High – it includes communities whose educational institutions are located outside the risk of artillery attack at a distance of up to 60 km from the line of active hostilities or territories where there is a risk of the outbreak of hostilities.

There is also a high risk of shelling by other means of attack – for example, airstrikes. In addition, this level of risk may include areas near infrastructure facilities.

Another criterion is the location of the community’s educational institutions within 135 km, 60 km or 30 km from dangerous areas of the border.

4. Moderate the level of risk in communities whose educational institutions are located within 90 km of active or possible hostilities, as well as at a distance of up to 270 km, 90 km and 45 km from dangerous areas of the border.

5. Satisfactory – the risk under which educational institutions can build a relatively safe and full-fledged face-to-face learning format.

Previously, at the MES came up with a temporary solution for schools without shelters so that children can learn offline.