OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2008. All general secondary educational establishments in the flood-hit areas have to be restored by the beginning of the school year. Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko announced at the meeting into the issues of first turn reconstruction and overhaul of educational establishments in a flood-hit zone and ensuring of their operation by the beginning of the school year.

Yulia Tymoshenko stressed that despite the overhaul activities are implemented at full speed, out of 315 educational establishments which need thorough repairs only 15% are ready to receive children in the new school year.

In this connection the Head of Gov’t warned the regional leaders on personal responsibility for the untimely completing of overhaul works in schools and infant schools. “The Government will no way stand redecoration procedures as we allocate funds not for redecoration,” Yulia Tymoshenko.