The government is preparing a program of soft loans for student contractors against the background of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was announced by Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet in an interview on the national telethon,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 15 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News .
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“As for students studying on a contract basis. In the first week, my colleague, Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko, and I talked about this issue and included NBU Chairman Kyryl Shevchenko in accordance with our agreement. Today, the program is almost ready. bank support for students at a very low interest rate and on a long-term basis of lending at the minimum student funds. In addition, all those who are currently studying on a contract basis will be able to take advantage of this program, “said Scarlett.
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At the same time, the Minister stressed in his address to the rectors that “within the financial autonomy of the university, they can provide installments for education, certain scholarships are additional, can provide additional incentives.” “Each rector, within his competence, can also significantly support contract students,” he added.
“We cannot finance contract students with additional funds from the state budget, because objectively every state budget is preliminary – it cannot be revised. We are looking for other mechanisms to support such students,” the minister said.
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According to statistics provided by the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, about a quarter of migrants are schoolchildren or students.
Source: Ukrgate
