# Education
There will be 62 thousand fewer first-graders in schools
Reasons: decline in birth rates and mass departure of children at the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation.
The Cabinet of Ministers will cease funding schools with fewer than 45 students starting September 1
One of the reasons is the high cost of education per student in such schools. Now, local authorities must decide whether to close the school or to keep it open and fund it from their budget.
Russians struck the university
As a result of the attack, one of the buildings of the educational institution was destroyed, and a fire broke out, which was extinguished by morning.
Zelensky signed a law on mandatory military training for medical students as reserve officers
The law establishes mandatory military training for students of medical and pharmaceutical specialties.
Schoolchildren will be taught to operate FPV drones
The Ministry of Education has updated the curriculum for the subject "Defense of Ukraine"
