In Ukraine, more than 400 educational institutions were destroyed as a result of the war that russia started. Hundreds of thousands of children were deprived of access to education. They include 1,300 pupils from Zhytomyr Lyceum No. 25, which was struck by an enemy missile at the beginning of March 2022.
A memorandum on the creation of a new educational strategy for Lyceum No. 25, which was destroyed by the russians, was signed today in Zhytomyr. A new educational concept for the Lyceum will be developed by scientists, educators, and experts, starting today and continuing for the next nine months.
The international nonprofit organization savED, the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Zhytomyr City Council are working on the initiative with the support of Finn Church Aid.
‘For Zhytomyr, building the lyceum is of utmost importance. The russians wanted to destroy our culture and character, so they pointed their missile at the very center of the city. Our goal is to establish a model educational facility that will serve as both an educational attraction for the city and a role model for other schools that were affected by the aftereffects of the war’, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, the mayor of Zhytomyr, said.
All Ukrainian educators will benefit from the expert group’s work.
‘In fact, this is the first case of its kind in Ukraine and the first example of how we can rebuild schools together. It is not only about restoring buildings, this is the approach to how education can be carried out’, Anna Novosad, co-founder of the savED charity fund and Ukraine’s 2019–2020 Minister of Education and Science, said.
The project will also include the development of business procedures for the institution as well as educational programs in the key areas of the lyceum’s activities. Under the selected strategy and concept, the school will also build its visual identity and brand book.
‘We are beginning the project with the signing of a memorandum and an in-depth discussion about the significance of developing fundamentally new concepts for newly rebuilt schools. This mostly concerns how the school should look after our victory, what values we should foster there, how the content of education should be altered, what we should teach our children, etc.’, Olenka Severenchuk, the director of the savED charity organization, adds.