The acceptance of schools in the Vitebsk region will be fully completed by August 25

August 22, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The acceptance of schools in the Vitebsk region will be fully completed by August 25, Ivan Shchurok, head of the education department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. Taking into account the optimization and reorganization of the school network carried out in the Vitebsk region, 426 preschool institutions, 546 general education institutions (including 228 school-kindergartens), 34 vocational education institutions, 26 secondary specialized education institutions, 32 special education institutions, 36 additional education institutions for children and youth, and 25 socio-pedagogical institutions will operate in the new academic year. As of August 20, 98.5% of 534 schools have been accepted for the upcoming academic year. Work is being completed at several facilities in Gluboksky, Lepelsky, and Orshansky districts. All vocational education institutions in the region have already been accepted. During the preparation of educational institutions, 23 thousand square meters of roofing, almost 2.7 thousand linear meters of utility networks, 884 linear meters of heat supply lines were repaired, 3.7 thousand square meters of window units were replaced with double-glazed windows, and about 3 thousand light fixtures were replaced with energy-saving ones. In total, repair work worth Br36.1 billion was carried out. Pedagogical staff and technical workers were involved in the preparation of educational institutions, Ivan Shchurok noted. This made it possible to repair all classrooms with their own efforts. The necessary materials were purchased through sponsorship and funds from extra-budgetary activities. From January to July, Br4.9 billion was allocated for the development of educational institutions from basic sponsoring enterprises, boards of trustees, and sponsors. 166 units of technological and refrigeration equipment, 218 units of furniture for catering units, 2.7 thousand units of student furniture, and 1.3 thousand units of sports equipment were purchased from various sources of funding. A total of Br1.9 billion was spent on their acquisition. Br1.3 billion was spent this year on the implementation of major fire safety measures in educational institutions in the region. Throughout August, state fire supervision authorities are inspecting educational facilities with practical drills of evacuation plans in case of fire, and instructing personnel on fire safety measures. -0-