Deputies of the Lviv Regional Council have supported the nomination of two educators from the region for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Prize named after Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. The corresponding decision was adopted on 20 October during the fourth plenary meeting of the XXVIII extraordinary session.
Among the candidates for the award are Halyna Antonyak, Director of Vocational School No. 71 in Kamianka-Buzka, and Lesia Kravets, Head of the preschool education institution in the village of Davydiv, Lviv district.
It is proposed that Halyna Antonyak be recognised for her contribution to the development of vocational education, the introduction of innovative technologies into the educational process, the fostering of patriotism and the development of the creative abilities of young students, as well as for her high level of professionalism and active civic stance.
Lesia Kravets is being nominated for her many years of conscientious work, significant contribution to the development of preschool education in the Lviv region, professional excellence and active civic stance.
The next step will be to appeal to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Education, Science and Innovation regarding the submission of a proposal to award the prize to these candidates.
In addition, the deputies supported a petition to award Mykola Bilyak, deputy of the Lviv Regional Council of the VIII convocation and priest of the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Lviv, with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine badge of honour “For Service to the Ukrainian People” named after Levko Lukianenko.