More than 81 thousand students are educated in self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic, said on Thursday at a meeting with heads of cities and districts LNR Minister of education and science of LC Valentina Tkachenko.

"in the Republic on September 1 own door opened 332 schools. They learn 81230 students, " said Tkachenko.

The Minister said, because it is 10 thousand more students than in September 2014. In educational institutions of the Republic are 14093 people, including 8410 teachers.

Tkachenko added that the country also has six evening schools with More than 800 people.

at rallies in April 2014 residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, announced the development of " people's republics ". After held in may referendum of the Republic declared its sovereignty and later put together their own authorities. Kiev DND and LNR not recognized and began from mid-April 2014 in the area of combat activities. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began More than 7, 8 thousand people.

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