Murmansk colleges move to distance learning amid emergency

Due to an emergency situation on January 26, students of institutions under the regional ministry of education and science are being transferred to distance learning format.

The changes will affect the following institutions:

• Murmansk Construction College;

• Murmansk Industrial College;

• Murmansk Medical College;

• Murmansk Pedagogical College;

• Murmansk College of Economics and Information Technologies;

• Murmansk Technological Service College;

• Murmansk Correctional School No. 1;

• Laplandia Center for Additional Education.

Murmansk Arctic University is operating in normal mode.

The administration of Murmansk has provided information about schools that will be open on Monday.

Recall that due to failures on power lines of Rosseti North-West tomorrow, January 26, temporary changes will occur in the operation of medical organizations in the Murmansk region.

Murmansk residents have also been urged to leave for work earlier, and additional buses will be deployed on some routes.

A state of emergency has been introduced in the Murmansk region. The prosecutor«s office of the Murmansk region has already begun an inspection due to mass power outages. A criminal case has been initiated. It turned out that the fallen power line pylons had been in service for almost 60 years.

Murmansk residents have been informed about where they can go to warm up and charge electronic devices. Interactive maps have also been prepared for citizens. See how queues are forming at assistance points for boiling water and charging. Northerners have shared how they are coping with difficulties when there has been no electricity for the third day.

All important and up-to-date information about power outages in Murmansk and the region is being published in an online broadcast.