Video surveillance in schools: Mykolaiv gradually equips educational institutions with cameras

Anatoliy Petrov said that cameras are being installed in Mykolaiv schools. Photo: NikVesti

CCTV cameras are gradually appearing in educational institutions in Mykolaiv. They are being installed in the yards and in the corridors.

This was announced by Deputy Mayor for Social and Humanitarian Affairs Anatolii Petrov during a briefing on 19 September, reports NikVesti.

According to him, the cameras were first installed in the shelters where most children are kept during alarms. However, they have not yet been installed in all institutions.

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«We have installed outdoor cameras in educational institutions. On the territories. But not in all of them. Oleksandr Fedorovych (the mayor of the city, Oleksandr Sienkevych, — note) gave this order. We have installed cameras in the shelters, where there are a large number of children, but not all of them. Now we plan to install them in the corridors of educational institutions.» I think that eventually we will need cameras everywhere, not just in the canteens, said Anatolii Petrov.

As a reminder, Mykolaiv residents and entrepreneurs can now connect their private cameras to the video surveillance system «Safe City».

Complaints about food in Mykolaiv schools

Earlier, parents of Mykolaiv school students expressed dissatisfaction with free meals on social media. According to them, the portions were smaller than normal, the meals were served cold, and the dishes in school canteens were dirty.

Petro Vasheniak, director of the municipal production enterprise for catering in Mykolaiv educational institutions, said he had personally checked the situation, particularly at school 41, where parents complained about the amount of food on the plate. According to him, the portions were in line with the standards, but in the photo, part of the dish was hidden — for example, a chicken nugget was lying on top of potatoes.

Later, the State Food and Consumer Service of Mykolaiv stated that they had not received any complaints about poor quality food in the city's school canteens.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, responded to the parents' complaints by saying that a special commission would be set up in the city with representatives of the city council to monitor the situation.

Following the incident, the Main Department of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in Mykolaiv region checked the food served to children in 15 schools in the city. Experts analysed photo reports of the meals served to students.

As a reminder, in Mykolaiv, parents of pupils at Mykola Arkas Lyceum, which is temporarily operating on the basis of gymnasium №39, complain about problems with food in the canteen. According to them, the children are served portions that were not finished by the students of the gymnasium.

The Mykolaiv Education Department confirmed that maggots were found in the porridge at a school in Mykolaiv in the first days of September.

It is known that in the new school year, all pupils from grades 1 to 11 will be provided with free meals in Mykolaiv schools. The funding for meals will be shared: up to 70% of the costs will be covered by the state, and the rest by the city budget.