6 kindergartens are being built in the Vitebsk region
In the Vitebsk region, 6 kindergartens are under construction, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by the education department of the regional executive committee.
In 2013-2015, it is planned to commission 6 kindergartens in the region. In the regional center, preschool institutions, each designed for 200 places, will open in two new residential microdistricts - Medtsentr and Bilevo. Kindergartens will also appear in Polotsk and Orsha (microdistricts Aeroport and Zadneprovye-5). A small kindergarten for 25 places will be commissioned in the village of Khimy, Orsha district, and in Novopolotsk, builders are constructing a complex of kindergarten - primary school. The institution is designed for 517 places, 257 of which are for preschoolers.
In the region, the coverage of children with preschool education is 80% (in cities - 92%, in rural areas - 56.9%).
In the new academic year, 636 preschool education institutions will operate in the region (including 9 child development centers, 5 sanatorium preschool institutions, 4 special preschool education institutions, 206 educational and pedagogical complexes kindergarten-school).