Zelensky signed the law on preschool education: what it provides for

On Friday, July 5, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Law "On Preschool Education". This was reported by UNN with reference to the bill card.

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Returned with the signature of the President of Ukraine

It should be noted that the law comes into force on the day following the day of its publication.

Addendum

It is expected that the law will improve working conditions for educators and expand the rights of parents. In particular, among 

Among the main changes for educators:

• annual vacation of 56 calendar days for all teaching staff;
• reducing the workload for educators, physical education instructors, psychologists, social educators, teaching assistants, and methodologists;
• the possibility of setting higher salaries, additional payments and allowances.

For parents , the document provides: 

• the right to territorial accessibility of preschool institutions, which will be ensured by executive authorities and local governments;
• the right to form an individual educational trajectory for a child;
• the right to choose the form of preschool education;
• the right to pedagogical support.

For kindergartens , the draft law provides for: 

• expanded forms of education: full-time, online, and distance learning;
• new types: mobile, family, mini-kindergarten, pedagogical partnership center;
• regulated use of educational and part-time programs;
• a clear procedure for enrolling children on a territorial basis.

For founders of preschool education institutions and authorities:

• the obligation to provide teachers with game, didactic, material and technical resources;
• responsibility for the territorial accessibility of education;
• establishing surcharges for exceeding the norm for children in the group;
• special conditions for the liquidation of kindergartens in rural areas and special kindergartens.

Recall

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading a draft law on protecting children from bullying not only at school but also in other children's groups - institutions, recreation, sports schools, etc.