UCC of Mykolaiv promised to «take measures» to build a school for ₴1 billion, for which there is no money from donors and the budget

The destroyed building of Mykolaiv Lyceum №51, August 2025, photo: NikVesti

Oleksii Savchuk, head of the capital construction department of the Mykolaiv City Council, said that the city would «take measures» to build a new Lyceum №51.

He said this during his online briefing on 4 September, according to NikVesti.

It is known that the construction of a new lyceum will cost 1 billion hryvnias. However, as Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said earlier, international donors will not provide such funds, and the local and state budgets do not have such funds.

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Although the mayor has announced the preliminary cost of the lyceum construction, there is no ready-made project. It was supposed to be developed a year ago — by the summer of 2024. However, the development period was delayed — the contractor promised to complete it by the end of March 2025, but again failed to do so.

Currently, says Oleksii Savchuk, the design of the new lyceum is in its final stages.

«Another important project is the new construction of Lyceum №51. The project is now at the final stage and we will take steps to implement it in the future. This is the largest school in the district, so I think it is a very important facility,» said Oleksii Savchuk.

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It is worth reminding that the city has already spent 6.3 million hryvnias on the development of a new construction project for Lyceum 51.

And Ukrainian MP Ihor Kopytin spoke out against the idea of building a new lyceum. He believes that it is necessary to rebuild the destroyed building, as it will cost about 30 million hryvnias.

Screenshot of the draft design of the future lyceum building

Mykolaiv Lyceum №51

The construction of lyceum №51 in Mykolaiv was previously included in the list of five facilities in Mykolaiv region, for the restoration of which 667.9 million hryvnias was allocated from the state budget in 2023. The building of this educational institution was hit by a Russian missile in July 2022.

Initially, the head of the city council's education department, Hanna Lychko, said that school No. 51 was of great importance to Mykolaiv, so it would be rebuilt. However, the technical council at the city council's capital construction department concluded that the building of Lyceum 51 should be demolished. After that, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said that a new, modern institution with shelters for children would be built in its place.

Books under the rubble in Mykolaiv Lyceum №51, August 2025, photo: NikVesti

Vice Mayor of Mykolaiv Anatolii Petrov told NikVesti that the construction project for Lyceum №51 would be developed by the summer of 2024. Later he said that they want to build three buildings for primary, secondary and senior education.

At the same time, the Department of Energy, Energy Saving and Implementation of Innovative Technologies of the Mykolaiv City Council ordered the development of design estimates for the repair and installation of windows and doors at school №51.

It was also reported that at the international exhibition and conference «Rebuild Ukraine» in Warsaw, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, presented projects for the reconstruction of kindergarten and school №51.

In March 2024, the City Council's Capital Construction Department signed a contract for the development of a lyceum construction project for 6.3 million hryvnias.

After the project is developed, the Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service in Mykolaiv region will be responsible for the construction of the school.