Nearly 9,200 children between 6-16 years of age are out of school in Georgia
The Georgian government together with social workers and field professionals is going to identify the educational needs of children with multiple health disorders so that in the coming future they will be able to receive a general education without any hindrance. Photo: IPN.
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Nearly 9,200 children between 6-16 years old are out of school in Georgia, reports local media outlet Interpressnews (IPN).
The Georgian Ministry of Education told IPN that the final list of out-of-school children will be known after the registration of first graders and the ministry will start their integration process into schools before the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
Before 2020, there was no complete data on out-of-school children and there was no plan or mechanism to return them to an educational environment.
In September 2020, the Georgian government approved the State Program for Monitoring Out-of-school Children, which will enable exchanging data on children between 6-16 years old, identify educational needs of minors and enable them to receive general education”, the Ministry of Education told IPN.
The ministry also says that in some municipalities of Georgia there are minors with multiple health disorders who are also left out of school.
The Georgian government together with social workers and field professionals is going to identify the educational needs of children with multiple health disorders so that in the coming future they will be able to receive a general education without any hindrance.
Eleven-year-old Aleksandre Tsotskolauri lives in the village of Khevischala in eastern Akhmeta municipality. Since the coronavirus pandemic has hit Georgia and schools have switched to remote studies, Aleksandre has to join his online classes from a hut far from his home, as it is the only place in the village where he can get an internet signal.
The EU in Georgia has announced the launch of a three-year project which aims to address the needs of disadvantaged Georgian children deprived of parental care and provide alternative, quality care for them.
The Georgian Ministry of Education in partnership with the Bulgarian government and UNICEF has begun a two-year pilot program for out-of-school children and adolescents to re-enter the formal education system.
Social protection programmes can better identify poor families with children though poverty still remains a challenge in Georgia, UNICEF’s new Welfare Monitoring Survey says.
Assistance for economically disadvantaged children has increased to 100 GEL (about $31/€26) per month starting today, instead of the current rate of 50 GEL (about $15/€13), Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s press office announced.
The international online educational platform CK-12 has become available in Georgian language for both teachers and students through a partnership between UNICEF Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Education, Education Coalition and CK-12 International Fund with the support of the Norwegian government.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), with support from the European Union, trained over 50 Georgian juvenile justice professionals on children’s rights, the EU Delegation to Georgia said on Friday.