The Ukrainian Interior Ministry is planning to teach about 27,000 police officers English by the start of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, the ministry's media liaisons office has told the Ukraine 2012 Information Center.
A total of 13,930 police officers will learn English in the regions hosting the Euro 2012 tournament, and 12,890 people will learn English in other regions.
Law enforcers are currently learning English in the ministry’s higher educational establishments via three-month courses, as well as on the basis of civilian educational institutions in the regions, through in-service training, and individually.
The media liaisons office said that about 8,000 students, graduates and employees of the ministry’s higher educational institutions would speak English at a conversational level by next year, and they will help in the host cities in communicating with foreign visitors.
According to the ministry’s regional offices, about 8,000 police officers currently have a basic knowledge of English, and 18,000 more are learning the language.
