Ukraine has begun moves to transfer to safety Nigerian students in higher institutions in the two Ukrainian crisis regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science has requested all Nigerian students undergoing various courses in the regions to urgently forward their names, passport numbers, name of their institutions, courses, year of study and alternative universities within Ukraine, to either the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East and Central European Affairs Division, Abuja or Nigerian Embassy in Kiev.
A statement by the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday in Abuja said such required details would enable the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science to transfer the students to universities in safer Central and Western regions of the country to continue their studies.
It said the directive became necessary following heavy fighting between the Ukrainian Military and Separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, while the 2014/2015 academic session commenced on September 1, 2014.
"It is therefore advisable for the parents and guardians, whose wards are studying in these two crisis regions of Ukraine, to take urgent steps to get this information across to them wherever they may be for appropriate action," the ministry said.
It is estimated that there are 2,000 Nigerian students studying in various higher institutions of the two regions, out of which about 1,650 had returned either to Nigeria or had moved to safer places at the end of 2013/2014 academic session.
The remaining 350 Nigerian students are trapped in the two troubled regions of Ukraine.
No comments:
Post a Comment