Russians intend to send Crimean teachers to work in occupied Ukrainian cities – CrimeaSOS

Diana Krechetova – Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Residents of temporarily occupied Crimea have been requested to make lists of teachers who may be sent to work in other Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, namey to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

Source: CrimeaSOS NGO analyst, Yevhenii Yaroshenko, on the CrimeaSOS website

Yevhenii Yaroshenko says that principals of Crimean schools must compile lists of teachers by July 1.

Quote: "Probably, [Russian occupying forces or their proxies - ed.] plan to send them [teachers] to work in schools in the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. There is a specific request to designate candidates for the positions of school principals." 

Details: The NGO's sources point out that employees of the invaders’ "department of education" in the Simferopol district asked the school administrations to provide information about teachers who are ready to work in schools located in the occupied territories of the southern regions of Ukraine.

Background: Most Ukrainian teachers refuse to cooperate with the occupying forces’ regime. For example, 90% of the 2,700 employees of the Melitopol Department of Education refused to work under the aggressors’ control. Similarly, only two out of sixty school principals in Kherson agreed to cooperate with the aggressors.

At the same time, the Russians claim that Ukrainian children in the occupied cities, including those in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, will study the Russian school curriculum starting on September 1.