Deputy Education Minister Joanna Mucha told a news conference that the initiative would cover around 50,000 to 60,000 Ukrainian schoolchildren.
The announcement follows a meeting of government ministers from the two countries in Warsaw at the end of last month when the plan for compulsory schooling for Ukrainian children was discussed, Mucha said.
"The Ukrainian ministers we met with expressed a keen interest in seeing this obligation introduced in Poland," she added.
She told reporters that an outline of the plan was ready and required only a few finishing touches.
Mucha also said on Thursday that the number of Ukrainian children who are in Poland and do not attend school is lower than previously estimated.
"This number is closer to 50,000-60,000 rather than the much larger numbers suggested by nongovernmental organizations," she said.
"The Ukrainians have their own statistics, and I think these are quite accurate and reliable," she added.
The outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022 led to a significant outflow of refugees, surpassing 6 million globally, according to a report by professional services company Deloitte, commissioned by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Much of this exodus took place through the Polish border, the UNHCR has said.
As of October 2023, almost 1 million Ukrainian refugees were living in Poland, the Deloitte report said last month.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Thursday is day 771 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: PAP