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1 September 2026 KAN Development and the educational holding A+ are opening the lyceum “RESPUBLIKA STEM” in the Respublika residential complex. The founder of the development company, Ihor Nikonov, talks on stage about solar panels, a geothermal field and 16 laboratories “at the level of the best universities.” Investment in the building — 2,1 billion UAH.
The first phase is designed for 300 students in grades 5–9, with about 20 students per class. The campus’s planned area is 26 300 sq. m, capacity — 1 120 students. Biotechnology from fifth grade, IT, Cambridge, MakerSpace with an area of 300 sq. m. The A+ network is a project of the husband-and-wife team Ihor and Ivanna Nikonov, which has been developing since 2012. Schools are located in KAN complexes: Comfort Town, Respublika, Tetris Hall. The developer’s portfolio includes Ocean Plaza, Respublika Park, 101 Tower and more than 3 million sq. m of real estate, reports Bankova Mail.
The entry price for this “innovation” is not specified in the press release. This school year, A+ holding’s tuition is cited at $9 200–11 500 plus an admission fee — totaling almost half a million hryvnias per child. Last year, Telegraf calculated the cost of studying at “A+ Gymnasium”: 47 500 UAH per month for 10 months plus an annual “charitable” contribution equal to one month’s tuition.
Who already sits at these desks is a separate social slice. In the new STEAM lyceum, according to public mentions, the son of former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko studies. The son of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Matvii Bidnyi, enrolled this year in another A+ school. The daughter of former minister Mykhailo Fedorov studies at one of the network’s schools. Last year the son of Serhii Prytula graduated from the “A+ Gymnasium.”
Nikonov was the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration under Vitali Klitschko in 2014–2015 and has since been honorary president of KAN. The school is located in his own residential complex, the laboratories cost as much as a small university, and a year of study costs as much as the official salary of several public school teachers. The campus opens on Knowledge Day. Children of Bankova, ministries and public figures enter through a separate entrance — costing $9–11 thousand plus an additional contribution.
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