The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated 1.6 billion hryvnias for the purchase of 460 new school buses. This will enable communities to acquire new transport or replace those destroyed due to the war.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy.

The bus procurement will be conducted through the electronic catalog Prozorro Market.

According to Minister of Economy Yuliya Svyrydenko, the "School Bus" program is also a crucial part of the "Made in Ukraine" policy.

"This program not only helps children from remote areas reach their schools but also stimulates Ukrainian enterprises to expand production, create new jobs, and manufacture products with high added value," she noted.

Subsidy funds will be directed to regions with the highest need for school transportation, where resources are currently insufficient. The state will cover 70 to 95% of the cost of the buses, depending on the financial capacity of the community. The remaining expenses will be compensated by local budgets.

Initially, military lyceums, whose students require transportation; schools whose transport was destroyed due to the war or transferred for military needs; educational institutions serving children from communities with damaged or destroyed facilities; and support schools to be established in 2025 will receive the new buses.

Reminder:

In the 2023-2024 years, communities and schools have already purchased 1007 school buses through Prozorro Market for over 3 billion hryvnias.