Thus, they want to save UAH 3.1 million.
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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation recommends that the Budget Committee cancel funding for the production of medals for school graduates in the draft state budget for 2025, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
Following the review of the draft state budget for 2025, the committee recommended reducing funding for the program “National events in the field of education” by UAH 3.1 million, which was provided for the production of medals for graduates. schools.
- On September 11, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation recommended canceling the awarding of state-issued gold and silver medals in schools. Later, the head of the committee, Sergei Babak, said that schools would continue to be able to award medals to their graduates, but not at public expense.
- In August, the educational ombudsman sent a letter to the Ministry of Education and Science and the relevant committee of the Rada with a proposal to review the system of awarding school graduates with gold and silver medals.
- Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lesnoy believes that the issue of canceling the awarding of gold and silver medals in schools should be brought up for public discussion.