University applicants living in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions to be enrolled in universities without exams
The Unified National Exams have started today and will end on July 25. Photo: The Ministry of Education.
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University applicants living in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions to be enrolled in universities without exams
University applicants living in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions will be enrolled in universities without passing the Unified National Exams, reports the Georgian Ministry of Education.
The Education Ministry says that university applicants living in the occupied territories of Georgia who were unable to register for the Unified National Exams to enter universities due to the closed borders will be enrolled at state universities without exams. Moreover, the Georgian government has offered them fully-funded tuition fees.
The Unified National Exams have started today and will end on July 25.
24 examination centres have opened throughout Georgia.
- Only 10 individuals will be allowed in a room to comply with social distancing measures.
- Tables will stand at a distance of two metres and there will be a special transparent barrier in front of each table.
- Air conditioners will be used if the air temperature exceeds 30 degrees.
Individuals who will present with signs of fever when screened before the start of the exams and whose PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test returns negative for coronavirus will be placed in an isolated room where they will take the exam.
Two of Georgia's major universities have switched to remote classes and services for their students as a measure for countering a coronavirus threat, with Ilia State University and University of Georgia announcing their decisions.
Georgian schools, universities and kindergartens will remain closed in Georgia until April 1 as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision was taken by the Interagency Coordination Council’s meeting earlier today. Also, spring compulsory recruiting for compulsory military service has been postponed until April 13.
As Georgia begins to ease lockdown, reopening of schools needs to be prioritised, says UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund) Georgia in an official statement. The statement reads that the longer children stay out of school, the more exposed they are to various risks.
National exams for university entrants will start on July six in Georgia and will end on July 25. Exams for master’s degree studies will begin on August 1 and will end on August 4, the Georgian Education Ministry stated earlier today.
University applicants who are Georgian citizens and live in Azerbaijan and cannot travel to Georgia to take the national exams due to the Covid-19 restrictions will have their tuition waived by the government of Georgia, announces the Ministry of Education of Georgia.
One applicant who took a university entrance exam on July 7 has tested positive for the coronavirus, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze confirmed earlier today.
All 668 university applicants living in Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia have been enrolled in Abkhazian State University without exams, reports Abkhaz media outlets.
Twenty university entrance exam takers have tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia, Head of the National Examination and Assessment Centre Sopo Gorgodze said today.
A total of 32,100 university applicants have passed the national exams for higher education in Georgia ahead of the start of the new academic year in the country.