Kyiv City Council completely excludes Russian from school educational programs

Kyiv City Council reports on the website.

Decision was made at the plenary meeting of Kyiv City Council by 64 deputies.

Vadym Vasylchuk, head of Standing Committee on Education and Science, Family, Youth and Sports, said that in conditions of war, use of Russian language in preschool and general secondary education institutions is inappropriate. He also emphasized that during war, language is a matter of national security.

"Russian leaders repeatedly state that Russia reaches as far as Russian language is spread". In this regard, deputies of Kyiv City Council adopted decision that will provide an opportunity to avoid escalation of tension in society and strengthen the protection of Kyiv's educational space from hybrid influences of aggressor state", Vadym Vasylchuk, deputy of the city council, noted.

According to him, in the future, organizational and legal actions aimed at transition of groups and classes from Russian to the state language will be carried out.