The wife of the President of Ukraine – Maryna Poroshenko, visited Lutsk as a part of her representative activity. The First Lady signed a memorandum on involving to the national project of inclusive education development with the head of Volyn regional administration. However, there was a slight incident – she called Volyn ‘Volynshchyna’.
She did not communicated with the relatives of children with special needs to hear about the disadvantages of the program.
Mass media had 15 minutes to ask questions – but they were interrupted by the governor.
Volyn tax payers will not finance the project of Maryna Poroshenko. There are 153 inclusive educational institutions in the region. About 300 children study there. However, they are only 2% of all the children with special needs.