Help for Ukraine: Prague has placed several children in schools
“The current capacity is enough for about 300 children in primary schools, 86 pupils Ukrainian refugees have already started, other applications are being dealt with by our education department, “said Jan Hamrník, spokesman for Prague 10. The city district offers places according to the current stay. They help with adaptation coordinators. “They are Ukrainian parent, who have lived with us for a long time, and school staff, “he explained. According to him, the employee of Ukrainian origin also works in the education department.
According to Prague 2 spokeswoman Andrey Zoulová, the age of children also matters when it comes to free capacity. “There are still about 50 vacancies in the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. In the first stages, the capacity is almost exhausted. Until now, it has been placed in schools 38 Ukrainian children“She said on Thursday.
According to spokesman Petr Bidla, Prague 1 is to include about 70 children in the teaching exercise. “Given the current holidays, we expect everything to start early next week. For example, J. Guth-Jarkovsky Elementary School has already accepted 20 children“He said. Less than a dozen children were admitted to kindergartens in the first part of the city.
“We had a total of more than 200 vacancies in our five primary schools. He is currently attending each school about ten children from Ukraine. However, the registration of first-graders will be very problematic, because it is not possible to allow any more children who are not from the ninth part of the city, “said the councilor of Prague 9 for Education Zdeněk Davídek (STAN). For children, close families plan to stay in Prague, the town hall is preparing one class for teaching the Czech language in each school and is looking for a teacher who speaks Ukrainian. “A so-called adaptation course will be provided for children from families who plan to return to Ukraine,” he added.
According to Deputy Mayor Zuzana Jelenová (STAN), Prague 14 registers 177 vacancies in primary schools. It was admitted to schools on March 9 55 children from the ranks of Ukrainian refugees. The situation is worse in kindergartens, where the city district has 23 vacancies and one child has joined on the same date. Children are admitted to schools in Prague 4. “They will be admitted to existing classes, if possible, depending on the place of accommodation. So far, we are not registering such an interest that schools would not be able to handle, “said spokesman Jiří Bigas.
Prague 6 spokesman Jiří Hannich said that the city district has 95 percent full schools and kindergartens. “For the education of Ukrainian children who fled to us with our parents before the war, so we are looking for spare premises outside the current capacity of our schools, “He said. According to spokesman Martin Šalek, Prague 8 offered the municipality temporary facilities in school facilities. In Prague 15, according to Pavlína Nejedlíková, the mayor’s office has about 200 vacancies in five schools.
Question marks over capacity
According to Wednesday’s statement from Prague’s councilor for education Vít Šimral (Pirates), it is not yet clear how many places each part of Prague will be needed, but it is necessary to find out in the minutes at the beginning of April so that some schools are not overwhelmed. He added that the Ministry of Education works with a register capacity of 10,000 places, which, according to his representatives, should be enough to cover the needs of the metropolis. In reality, however, according to the councilor lower capacity and the state should provide Prague and the regions with money to build more places.
200,000 refugees
According to the Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakušan (STAN), around 200,000 Ukrainians have come to the Czech Republic so far. Prague and the Central Bohemian Region are the most congested. Four-fifths of adults make up women, about 55 to 60 percent of all newcomers are children. According to current estimates, up to 450,000 refugees could head to the Czech Republic in total.
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