Odesa schools decide to return to full-time education

The Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council has decided to recommend that school administrations in Odesa start full-time classes on January 12.

This was reported by the press service of the Odesa City Council.

"In connection with the stabilization of weather conditions, communal educational institutions of the territorial community of Odesa resume the educational process in full-time mode from January 12, 2026," the mayor's office said.

Earlier, the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council recommended that the city's schools transfer students to distance learning. The reason for this decision was the deteriorating weather conditions. It is recommended to organize the educational process in a distance format in synchronous or asynchronous learning modes.) Schools and kindergartens should also organize the work of regular groups and classes.

The day before, the Odesa Regional Military Administration recommended that educational institutions in the region, which planned to resume full-time education after the winter holidays, consider temporarily switching the educational process to a remote format from January 12 to 19 or extending the winter holidays for this period. Similar recommendations were also made by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

During the week of January 12-19, meteorologists, according to the Sinoptik website, predict a cold snap from a maximum air temperature of one degree Celsius expected during the day on January 10 to eight degrees below zero, which may drop to eight degrees below zero at night on January 11.

At the end of last year, frequent and prolonged air raids, during which Odesa schoolchildren had to stay in shelters, led to the city switching to a mixed learning format. The city's schools and kindergartens were advised to organize classes and groups on standby, and to conduct the main classes in synchronous or asynchronous mode.

Кирило Бойко