On April 20, at a press conference in Lutsk, the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Stanislav Nikolayenko stated: "The moral and spiritual crisis, in my opinion, is the root cause of all the troubles in the state. When we come to a city or enter a village – everything is closed, everything is dark. We have thousands of people with higher education, yet we are afraid to organize some kind of club, a section, and so on," a ZIK correspondent reported.
Stanislav Nikolayenko argued his position: "The issue of morality and spirituality in education, the issue of forming a citizen, a patriot of Ukraine. A person who knows why they live, who imagines themselves as a citizen of this country. This issue is extremely complex, which is why the concept of national education has been created, and the concept of forming a new citizen is being developed.
We will intensively work today on supporting extracurricular educational institutions, as a component that should influence the souls of children. So that everything for us does not end with just school. In the triangle – parent, school, teacher and child – there must be very intensive cooperation. The involvement of public, political, all elements of our society is very important. We are not satisfied with the situation in this area."