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Kharkiv opened a new underground school in one of its residential neighborhoods on Tuesday, designed to serve approximately 2,700 students.
The building houses 12 classrooms for the children and remains accessible to those with limited mobility, fitted with 3 elevators. Pupils also receive free meals.
Classes run six days a week in three shifts. Elementary school students attend three sessions weekly, while middle and high school students attend two.
Core subjects include Ukrainian language, math, and a foreign language. The rest of the week, children study online.
The school covers more than 1,500 square meters, or roughly 16,100 square feet, the facility features interactive, themed classrooms, principal Valerii Kolesnyk said.
Beyond a standard elementary classroom, the facility also includes an “ice cream classroom” and a “future leaders classroom” tied to the district’s largest businesses.
Kharkiv now has 24 safe locations where children can study, including 10 underground schools, classrooms set up in the passageways of seven metro stations, and radiation shelters fitted with classroom space. Students attend classes at the new underground school.
The school also has a large cafeteria space, a 100-seat assembly hall, a resource room and a computer lab. Above the underground facility, a sports area includes volleyball, basketball and soccer courts.
Across Ukraine, more than 8,000 schools, around 70% of the total, began the academic year with in-person classes on Sept. 1, the Education Ministry said. Another 11% are operating remotely.
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