Families in Kyiv region have begun receiving money under the School Package programme — a one-off payment of 5,000 hryvnias for a child starting first grade.

This was reported by the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.

More than 17 thousand children in the region are starting first grade this year.

Applications opened on 3 August, and in the first days more than 99 thousand were filed nationwide. The first payments totalled over 308.4 million hryvnias to almost 61 thousand families.

Applications are submitted through the Diia app. The deadline is 1 November.

The money is earmarked: it can only be spent on defined categories of goods for a schoolchild.

As a reminder, first-graders are given 5,000 hryvnias — we have already explained what for.

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