KURSK. Aug 26 (Interfax) - Thousands of schoolchildren have left the border areas of Russia's Kursk region due to the critical situation there, the region's acting Education and Science Minister Natalia Bastrikova told a briefing on Monday.
"Some 14,000 students from 114 schools have left the border areas to date," Bastrikova said.
The parents of 286 of them applied for withdrawal from schools, she said.
"These parents [and] legal representatives have already made the decision. It is clear that the situation will change, but I must say that 99% of our schoolchildren are continuing classes at their general education organizations," Bastrikova said.
All of the schoolchildren who have left will be able to continue studying at their schools remotely from September, she said.
"All these children who are now in the other regions, we are in touch with parents daily and we entirely understand what educational organizations they will continue to study at," Bastrikova said.
As for the medium-level professional and higher education system, the founders of these organizations will make decisions on the tuition format independently, guided primarily by considerations of security, the acting minister said.