# Education
US universities restrict teaching of Plato due to ban on "racial and gender ideology"
At Texas A&M University, a philosophy professor was advised to reduce or remove Plato's texts from his course due to new rules restricting discussion of race and gender, sparking a debate about the limits of academic freedom.
Ukraine has attracted over $125 million from the World Bank for education and healthcare
The state budget of Ukraine has received more than $125 million in concessional financing from the World Bank under the LEARN and THRIVE projects. The funds will be used to support education, healthcare and reforms in these areas
The government is preparing to increase salaries in the social services sector: up to 17 thousand hryvnias in salary.
The government plans to increase the official salaries of social workers, medical professionals, and educators in the social services sector by 2.5 times. This was announced by Minister of Social Policy Denys Ulyutin during the Forum of the Association of Frontline Cities and Communities.
Greece will become one of the first countries to integrate generative AI into public education
In Greece, for the first time at the national level, teacher training in artificial intelligence is being launched. High school teachers are being prepared for the active use of ChatGPT Edu — a special version of AI for education.
Science or protection? Parliament Speaker Stefanchuk's team is being promoted to win Boris Paton's national prize
The wife of the parliamentary speaker is vying for Ukraine's main scientific award. The work for which Marina Stefanchuk was nominated has already raised doubts among experts — it is described as declarative and lacking genuine scientific novelty.
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"
