EDUCATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN IN UKRAINE: REGIONAL ANALYSIS AND WARTIME CHALLENGES
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https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2025-33-04-123Keywords:
internally displaced children, education in wartime, regional analysis, educational infrastructure, resilience of the education system.Abstract
Ukraine’s education sector has undergone profound transformations as a result of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, which has led, in particular, to the mass displacement of learners in search of safer conditions for living and studying.References
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