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New agreement: Ukrainian refugee children can be taught in their mother tongue Politics | The DR municipalities will have the opportunity to send Ukrainian refugee children to Danish schools, where they can be taught in English and Ukrainian. A broad political majority has entered into an agreement which, among other things, makes it possible for Ukrainian refugee children to be taught in English and Ukrainian The Danish schools. The Ministry of Children and Education writes in a We now give the municipalities an extraordinary flexibility, which can help to ensure that the Ukrainian children and young people have as good an everyday life as possible here in Denmark.Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, The Minister for Children and Education's pressure is great on the country's municipalities, as the influx from Ukraine is expected to be so large that it is necessary to give the municipalities new opportunities for action in the area of primary and lower secondary schools. And therefore the flexibility must be increased. on April 20, 2022, granted a residence permit under the Special Act to 5,856 displaced persons from Ukraine, of whom 2,388 children under 18 years of age. In comparison, a total of 23,326 people have applied for a residence permit under the Special Act. The Ministry of Children and Education informs. At the same time, the goal of the agreement is that children and young people from Ukraine get the best framework for joining Danish society without "giving up their Ukrainian language, culture and identity", it reads. .- We now give the municipalities a complete flexibility, which can help to ensure that the Ukrainian children and young people have as good an everyday life as possible here in Denmark, says Minister of Children and Education, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (S). the agreement is, among other things, to give the municipalities freer hands. The agreement gives the country's municipalities the opportunity to create special offers in and target children and young people from Ukraine, and here the rules in both the Day Care Act and the Primary and Lower Secondary School Act do not apply to the same extent. Among other things, that teaching must take place in Danish. However, the ambition is that it should only be a solution, it sounds from SF. - As soon as the Ukrainian children are ready to be included in a normal day care. They do not have to go for several years and be, they also have to move on in their lives, says SF's children and education spokesperson, Charlotte Broman Mølbak. In addition, Ukrainian parents can take care of their own children, and thus deviate from the requirement for Danish skills. At the same time, the municipalities must deviate from the requirement that bilingual children be admitted to a language stimulation offer 30 hours a week. On the website you can find special information for Ukrainian refugees on both and. . For example, material originating from the Ukrainian Ministry of Education. However, it must continue to support that teaching continues to measure up to the teaching in the primary school. According to the Liberal Party, this element of the agreement is important to be able to ensure that Ukrainian children can continue to follow the Ukrainian school system, even if they stay in Denmark. places where there is such a shortage of teachers and professionals that you can also connect online from Kiev or other Ukrainian cities. And at the same time get good benefit from the teachers and educators who have fled from Ukraine to Denmark, because they can be included in the offer - even if they do not speak Danish, says the Liberal Party's children and education spokesperson, Ellen Trane Nørby. establish reception classes across municipalities and language tests for Ukrainian refugee children are removed for those living in vulnerable housing areas. The Christian Democrats, who are behind the agreement. You can follow the press conference in the Ministry of Children and Education on DRTV and dr.dk at 1 pm. In the day care area, the municipalities can: that Danish must be spoken in private childcare schemes.- Opportunity to deviate from the requirement that bilingual children who need language stimulation must be admitted in a language stimulation offer 30 hours per week.- Possibility to deviate from the rules on compulsory learning offer 25 hours per week for children from vulnerable housing areas.- In addition, municipalities can offer to transport children between their homes and day care.In the primary school area, municipalities can: - Teach in Ukrainian and English and use virtual distance learning in reception offers and make special offers without requirements for Danish speech.- Opportunity to exempt students from teaching in certain subjects (except Danish and mathematics) .- Deviate from rules on language tests and language stimulation in vulnerable housing areas.- Municipalities can deviate from the applicable area and ventilation requirements for day care and primary schools. Source: Ministry of Children and Education