The Pervomaisk Education Department plans to purchase a minibus for ₴1.7 million: it will transport children and youth sports school pupils

Passenger minibus, illustrative photo from open sources

They are going to buy a passenger minibus in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region. They plan to spend 1.7 million hryvnias on this.

The relevant tender was published in the public procurement system ProZorro, writes NikVesti.

The tender was announced by the Department of Education of Pervomaisk City Council. The contractor will have to provide a new passenger minibus by July 31, 2024. It is planned to be used for the transportation of pupils of communal children's and youth sports schools of the city during educational and training work, the tender documentation states.

The minibus must be new, have at least 16 seats, be equipped with cruise control, air conditioning, manually adjust the driver's seat, etc. The warranty period for this vehicle must be at least 36 months or 100,000 kilometers.

The cost of purchasing a minibus in the Department of Education is explained by the decision of the Pervomaisk city council to allocate 1.8 million hryvnias for this need and monitoring of sites for the sale of transport.

«It is worth noting that, based on the possibility of budget allocations, the cheapest passenger minibuses were considered,» the education department added.

Justification of the cost of the purchase by the Department of Education of the Pervomaiska City Council

What about children's education in Mykolaiv?

Mykolaiv schoolchildren have been studying online since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Although the government, with the help of donors and the state, is actively setting up shelters in educational institutions, which sometimes causes indignation among the townspeople.

The refusal of children to go to school is a guarantee of their personal safety, because Mykolaiv is still in the zone of possible ballistic damage from the Russian military, says Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych. At the same time, he emphasizes the importance of preparing shelters and resuming education in schools when the Armed Forces move the front line.

Currently, shelters have been installed in 37 educational institutions out of 142 schools and kindergartens in Mykolaiv. At the end of December 2023, the commission recommended the opening of seven more educational institutions with shelters.

In the next few years, the authorities plan to equip 54 shelters in kindergartens, schools and lyceums in Mykolaiv.

We will remind, this year the outflow of students was recorded in the schools of Mykolaiv. Compared to the last academic year, the number of schoolchildren decreased by 3,300. Vitalii Kim, the head of Mykolayiv RMA, explained that the city's schools work online because they are still targets for the Russian army. Vitalii Kim also explained that the decision on the offline operation of the city's schools will be made by the Office of the President and the Ministry of Education.

Where in Mykolaiv Oblast is there offline education?

57 educational institutions were allowed to work offline in the Mykolaiv region. Most of them are schools of Voznesensk and Pervomaysk districts. In addition, 94 schools work mixed, that is, children learn offline in a certain order, for example, one week after another. Another 277 educational institutions work online.

It was also possible to organize an offline educational process in the front-line Ochakiv, which is still in the zone of damage by the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system. There is a mixed form of education.

According to the monitoring of the Department of Education of the Mykolaiv City Council, 65% of schoolchildren want to study full-time.