In Chita, the teacher and head of the kindergarten were fired, in which children were given certificates with the coat of arms of Ukraine for participating in the competition. It is reported by RBC with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

“The cause of the incident was the negligence and irresponsible attitude towards the professional activities of the teacher and head of the kindergarten. The founder of the preschool organization, the Chita Education Committee, conducted an internal audit, which confirmed the negligence of the teacher and leader, the formal attitude to official duties. According to the founder, the employee and manager have been relieved of their positions,” the department said.

The ministry promised to “strengthen information work among the heads of educational institutions, primarily preschool, and teachers about the inadmissibility of negligent attitude to their professional duties.”

Certificates with the coat of arms of Ukraine were issued to children for participating in the Mister and Miss Summer 2022 contest, reports about this appeared on September 1. After that, the parents complained to the administration.

“There was a competition on the morning of August 30 “Mr. and Miss Summer 2022”, the children were asked to dress beautifully. In the evening we were given certificates, and there is the coat of arms of Ukraine in the middle, you can clearly see it. At first, we didn’t understand, we were indignant at the fact that it was not clear what date and children’s group were on the letter, and in the evening the parents raised the question, they say, “guys, did you even see that the coat of arms of Ukraine is there?” And then they started calling us back from the kindergarten and asking us to hand over all the certificates back, ”one of the parents told Chita.Ru.

In the kindergarten, they promised to replace the certificates, and in the kindergarten to conduct an audit.