Ukrainian schoolchildren to take mine safety course, one that will become a mandatory part of the curriculum
by marketrent
Ukrainian schoolchildren to take mine safety course, one that will become a mandatory part of the curriculum
by marketrent
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In cooperation with UNICEF, Ukraine’s Education Ministry is developing a course on mine safety for Ukrainian schoolchildren:^1
>Teachers will be able to access online courses on teaching mine safety to children of all ages.
>They can already use a manual and presentations adapted to primary and secondary schools, developed by UNICEF and its partners, the ministry said.
Landmines have already caused 100 child casualties in Ukraine, since the start of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
^1 https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-children-to-take-mine-safety-courses/
Despite the awful implications, I actually don’t think something like this would be a bad idea globally, classes on how to recognise specific types of hazard and what to do around them.
There’s a lot of unexploded ordinance around the world, along with plenty of other dangerous things, kids being able to identify them and tell an adult isn’t a bad idea at all, orphaned radioactive sources come to mind.
Thanks Putin. Just another benefit of the Russian World.
In Russia: We introduce two hours a week to teach you about Russian history as it should have been if reality wasn’t a thing. It will say we are good guys and heroes liberating Ukraine.
In Ukraine: we will introduce a class that will help you get to class alive because of what the Russians has done to us.
Spot the decent one.
Sadly it needs to be done. Those teaching it should take pride in their life saving work.
I’m from Croatia and remember the police giving us a lecture about mines, explosives and firearms when I was in elementary, so 14-22 years ago, also remember seeing demining teams and robots clearing minefields alongside roads.
Now that I think about it I will go and donate to u24 for humanitarian demining.
It’s sad that they have to do this, but this will save some childrens’ lives and limbs.
>The Washington Post wrote that clearing Ukraine of mines would take the 500 currently operational teams 757 years to complete.
So 5000 teams it will take 75 years. The scale of this operation is fucking with my mind