The Permanent Representative Tamila Tasheva took part in the closed hearings of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation.

During the temporary occupation of Crimea, the education system has been fully integrated into the Russian educational space, which denies Ukrainian sovereignty and distorts history. Instead, the occupation administrations are working hard to militarize the educational process. The possibility of studying in Ukrainian or Crimean Tatar is formal, and less than 0.01% of Crimean children are covered by it.

During the hearings, the participants discussed the peculiarities of involving citizens in Ukrainian education and ways to restore educational processes in the de-occupied territory. In particular, an important topic was the information work with young people who were forced to live under occupation for 9 years, as well as ways to build communication with them.

The Mission would like to thank the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation for the important and thorough hearings.