By November 2023, UNICEF has delivered practically 29,000 laptops to assist center and highschool college students to entry academic programmes throughout 10 Ukrainian areas, in collaboration with the Ministry of Schooling and Science of Ukraine.
“Each little one has the proper to schooling. UNICEF is fostering studying alternatives for youngsters confronted with obstacles in accessing formal on-line schooling, a urgent concern prevalent in Ukraine as a result of influence of warfare on college closures. We imagine it’s essential to assist schooling in no matter type it takes to keep away from additional studying losses,” burdened Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Consultant to Ukraine.
The procurement and supply of those laptops was made potential by assist from the European Union, the governments of Germany, Finland, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, in addition to the Breakthrough Prize Basis’s initiative ‘Tech for Refugees’.
These gadgets are offered briefly to displaced kids, kids with disabilities, kids from low-income households, or kids disadvantaged of parental care, in addition to kids with different vulnerabilities.
“Our activity is to offer kids with studying gadgets in locations the place in-person studying is at the moment not possible on account of proximity to the entrance traces or the shortage of shelter in faculties. For them, a gadget isn’t solely about entry to schooling but additionally about speaking with their friends and the chance to obtain assist from lecturers. I’m grateful to our companions for all the help offered to Ukrainian kids. It is a beneficial funding in a sustainable future,” famous Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Schooling and Science of Ukraine.
The distribution has concerned schoolchildren within the Dnipropetrovska, Donetska, Zaporizka, Luhanska, Mykolaivska, Odeska, Sumska, Chernihivska, Kharkivska, and Khersonska areas. UNICEF, in collaboration with native schooling authorities, allocates the laptops to academic establishments, making certain they attain college students in want.
Some 20,000 gadgets bought in Spring by UNICEF, with funds from the European Union and the Republic of Korea, are already in use, together with 10,000 tablets for major college college students and 10,000 laptops for center and highschool kids. Within the subsequent 3 months, one other virtually 40,000 gadgets will probably be delivered to frontline areas according to the priorities outlined by the Ministry of Schooling and Science.
UNICEF continues to assist the Authorities of Ukraine in its mission to offer entry to schooling for all college students. Along with the laptop computer distribution, UNICEF promotes the event of the All-Ukrainian College On-line platform. UNICEF additionally familiarizes lecturers with fashionable pedagogical methods and strategies for on-line and blended studying. Furthermore, UNICEF gives mandatory gear to lecturers and college students whereas establishing digital academic centres nationwide. This supply of laptops is a part of UNICEF’s broader initiative to make sure lifelong studying in Ukraine.
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Damian Rance
Chief Advocacy and Communications
UNICEF Ukraine
E-mail: drance@unicef.org
