development of the science, education,
culture and health care.
Nikolaev is a famous center of higher education and science. Every year
its institutions release about 2,5 thousand of high degree specialists.
And the most interesting fact is that half of these crafts could be got
nowhere in the country. Ukrainian State Sea Technical University, which
prepares stuffs in the field of the newest technology of ship production,
Nikolaev National Pedagogical University, Nikolaev department of Kiev
State Institute of Culture and Agrarian Academy should be marked down
among leading institutions of Nikolaev.
There are seven colleges and junior technical schools, polytechnic collage,
building collage, four higher schools, including medical and musical ones.
About 73 thousand of young people go to 80 comprehensive schools. Lately
some changes in the system of secondary level school education happened
which consisted in the intention of giving mutual conditions for learning
to the most capable children. Two humanitarian gymnasiums were created
with this purpose. One gymnasium was built with pedagogical grade. Information-mathematical,
physico-mathematical and two economical lyceums work in Nikolaev as well.
A school of midshipmen is attached to Ukrainian State Sea University.
Nikolaev has considerable resources of health care. It has 16 hospitals
for grown ups and 5 ones for children, 5 maternity homes, 14 day hospital
centers and policlinics, 7 health centers.
Nikolaev is well known by its sport schools' traditions. Higher school
of physical culture and sport, higher school of sport skill and 24 sport
schools for children and juveniles make preparation of sportsmen in this
city.
There are three stadiums such as Palace of Sport which is called "Zorya",
sport complex "Nadia", sport combine "Gart", regional
chess club for all the sportsmen and solicitous people.
There is fertile spiritual and cultural potential here. The oldest art
theatre of Russian drama and collective of regional philharmonic attract
the biggest attention among the citizens. The activity of different cultural
clubs contributes the development of folk art. There are two Palaces of
Culture here, 10 cultural centers and 8 clubs. Museums, exhibition's halls
and art salons work as well. |