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Ukraine Launches Digital Educational Platform “Mriia” Nationwide for All Schools

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Ukraine Launches Digital Educational Platform “Mriia” Nationwide for All Schools
Mriia platform presentation, the caption reads “Mriia — inspiration to learn.” (Source: UNITED24 Media)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on April 8 that Mriia —a national digital educational platform—is now available to every school in the country. Initially launched as a pilot last year, the system has already logged over 2 million student grades.

“Mriia simplifies the entire learning process,” Zelenskyy said. “From frontline towns to remote villages, every school in Ukraine can now access a unified digital education system.”

Designed to modernize the country’s education amid war, Mriia combines lesson plans, grades, assignments, and parent-teacher communication into a single streamlined app.

For teachers, AI will automate tasks like test creation and grading. Students earn in-app rewards called “Mriiky” for academic achievements, which can be exchanged for movie tickets, VR quests, and more.

Parents will also gain full visibility into their child’s learning progress and can browse nearby after-school programs. Schools can join the platform voluntarily and for free—150 schools are already on board, with over 1,400 more in the pipeline.

Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov called the app a “game-changer,” noting that it removes red tape for teachers and gives the government real-time insights into education outcomes. Ukraine plans to expand Mriia to preschool education as well.

“Mriia isn’t just digitizing paperwork,” said Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi. “It’s rethinking how we manage learning—from the classroom to the principal’s office.”

The platform is part of Zelenskyy’s broader initiative to create a modern, resilient education system amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, with support from Switzerland and the Eastern Europe Foundation.

Earlier, a second underground school opened in the Kharkiv region, with the charity being founded by Anna Novosad, Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science from 2019 to 2020, along with Anna Putsova and the GoGlobal initiative.

“We’ve managed to turn an old neglected basement into real underground classrooms, comfortable and bright, the ones that look like places for studying, not just facilities for staying during an air raid alarm,” said savED co-founder Anna Putsova.

Pechenihy, located southeast of Kharkiv, has been targeted by Russian air attacks, leaving 750 children in the village without access to offline education.

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Ukrainian: мрія, lit. “dream”. World’s largest commercial plane, An-225 “Mriia” was named the same prior to it’s destruction by the Russian Armed Forces during Russian invasion of Ukriane.