I am grateful to each of you for being an enthusiast of a new Ukrainian school - President met with the participants of the Conference of Educators in Kyiv Region

President Petro Poroshenko met with the participants of the Conference of Educators in Kyiv Region and thanked them for their enthusiasm and support in conducting educational reform. "We are building a new Ukrainian school and socially protecting people and teachers. And this is the first priority of the efforts that the state must make," the Head of State addressed the educators.

The President especially emphasized the importance of "teaching children to study". "It is extremely important for the Ukrainian nation to be educated. It is extremely important for the Ukrainian children to have the foundations required by a new life after school. I am confident that we should already pay more attention to IT disciplines at school, and therefore we have agreed to significantly increase the computer equipment of schools. There will be no more schools without the Internet. And we have to do everything for the prestige of the teacher to be higher," he said.

The Head of State especially thanked the educators for their support in developing and adopting a new law on education. "I want to thank all those who have joined the implementation of the Law on Education,” he said.

Petro Poroshenko called inclusion of education institutions an important direction for the development of a modern school. "Four years ago, I did not know what the word "inclusiveness" means. I did not know that until you united and involved my wife in the team. And since then, I go to to sleep and wake up with this word. Look at the changes that have taken place: hundreds of thousands of children broke out of the four walls and integrated into society in a completely European way," the Head of State said.

"We have made hundreds of thousands of children happy. And millions of their parents," he stated.

The President noted that a huge number of barrierless schools, new technologies had emerged. "It seems that nothing changes, but my friends it is not true. Ukraine has changed decisively and ultimately. The only thing we need is to ensure our unity. To prevent any populists, those telling lies, those promising to reduce price gas four times or make peace with Russia on the terms of capitulation from stopping our unified development," Petro Poroshenko said.

The President also thanked those who build schools, noting that this was made possible by decentralization. He noted that thanks to the system of electronic procurement, for example, the construction of the new Boryspil Academic Lyceum became cheaper more than twice.

"I thank each of you for the support you provide me personally, educating, transforming and changing Ukrainian education. I thank each of you for being enthusiasts of the new Ukrainian school. First of all, I want to thank you for the happy eyes of Ukrainian children," Petro Poroshenko said, noting that the new Ukrainian school receives only positive feedback.

One of the participants of the conference thanked the President for his attention to the educational sphere and asked Petro Poroshenko to convey the words of gratitude to his wife Maryna for the innovations she facilitates in the education.