800 plus for Ukrainian children. Will be paid on condition of compulsory schooling

– We want Ukrainian children living in Poland to benefit from 800+. But to prove that they live in Poland and that they are becoming part of the Polish legal and constitutional landscape, they must fulfill the school obligation and that is why we have adopted this decision that 800 plus will be available to those Ukrainian children who are effectively covered by the school obligation – said Tusk.

The Prime Minister noted that “since we do not know how many Ukrainian families will want to stay with us for longer, and perhaps forever, we are very keen for these children to be educated like their Polish peers (…) and, above all, to eliminate abuses”.

– By abuse I mean that 800 plus was collected for children who were not in Poland at all. And that is why we made this decision, which will of course mean a very significant decrease in the number of benefits for Ukrainian children for obvious reasons – there will be a verification, which will result in a significant reduction in these payments. It was not our intention, but this will be the consequence of this decision – he explained.

The very idea of ​​children and young people Ukraine to include compulsory schooling in Poland is very good – say the interviewees of “Fakty” reporter Adrianna Otręba. Because even when the war ends, many Ukrainians can stay with us – treat us, bake bread for us, work on Polish GDP. Unfortunately, the implementation of this idea is worse – many schools do not yet know how many new students to prepare for. – The system will cope, but individual schools not necessarily – predicts Szymon Lepper, a history and social studies teacher from the 5th Secondary School in Gdynia.

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