Georgian iconic schoolbook ‘Deda Ena’ to return to schools
The cover of the old issue of the iconic Georgian schoolbook. Photo: Sputnik/Leval Avlabreli.
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Georgian iconic schoolbook Deda Ena (literally ‘Mother Language’) authored by Georgian writer, publicist and teacher Iakob Gogebashvili in 1876 will return to schools in September, Georgian PM Mamuka Bakhtadze stated today.
The Georgian government held an event dedicated to the return of the textbook at Iakob Gogebashvili’s house museum in the village of Variani, Shida Kartli region, Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze in Variani. Photo: 1tv.ge.
Prime Minister Bakhtadze announced that all first-year students will receive the schoolbook for free, adding the Georgian educational system relies on the principles of Deda Ena and the textbook is of the greatest importance for the Georgian nation.
Unfortunately, irresponsible people removed Deda Ena from the national curriculum,’’ he said, adding the public was upset and was right to respond this way.
Later issues of the Deda Ena schoolbook. Photo: Sputnik/Levan Avlabreli.
The method of writing a textbook for teaching the Georgian alphabet that Iakob Gogebashvili applied was given intangible cultural heritage status in 2013.
The founder of the fundamentals of Georgian scientific pedagogy, Iakob Gogebashvili was born in 1840. He graduated from Kyiv Theological Academy and after returning to homeland did his best to found schools across Georgia.
Georgian public figure, Deda Ena author Iakob Gogebashvili.
He left all his property and funds to the Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians after his death - a charity established by leading Georgian intellectuals in May 1879.
Titles by Georgian authors and publishers from the country are set to be introduced to readers in Europe as major book fairs in London and Leipzig host literature fans this month.
The story of the UNESCO-recognised writing systems of the Georgian alphabet is now on display at Google Arts and Culture, a major online repository of museum exhibits and cultural phenomena.
Georgia is celebrating Mother Language Day today, marking the country's victory over Soviet attempts to do away with Georgian as the official language of Georgia.
Remarkable moment etched in Georgia’s history
Georgians all over the country are today celebrating Georgian Language Day to mark an occasion 38 years ago when 100,000 citizens protested to protect the status of Georgian language as the official state language.
Georgia is celebrating Mother Language Day today, which marks Georgia’s victory over the Soviet repressive machine in maintaining the Georgian language as the country’s official language.
The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia is celebrating the Mother Language Day by exhibiting print editions of Deda Ena, a classic elementary school textbook for Georgian from 1876, in an online exposition.