Kostyantyn Gryshchenko holds a meeting of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Education

On December 17, 2013 Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has held a meeting of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Education.

"President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has set to the central and local governments a clear objective - to provide access for every child to early childhood education. The purpose of our meeting today is to discuss our joint work in the framework of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Education, as a mechanism to implement the objectives set by the President of Ukraine in the field of early childhood education and coordination of all structures of pre-school education," Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said during a speech at the meeting.

Vice Prime Minister said that he personally would supervise the activities of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Education. "I’ll personally control the activities of the council and want to see tangible results of its work," the official said.

According to Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, the establishment of the Interagency Committee will eliminate a number of problems in pre-school education, including an insufficient number of pre-schools due to their closure and conversion, low qualification of teaching staff, the issue of the content of preschool education, nutrition, pre-school provision for children with special needs.

Important issues that must be addressed, according to Vice Prime Minister, are observance of sanitary norms and providing heat in pre-school in the winter season.