Tbilisi public school welcomes Ukrainian students with native language classes
The Ministry said 130 students had expressed interest in joining the Ukrainian language sector at the school, adding qualified teachers had been selected for all classes from professionals recently arriving from Ukraine as well as local Ukrainian-speaking educators. Photo: Education Ministry.
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Ukrainian students in Georgia who are unable to return to schools in their country due to the ongoing war were welcomed to classes in their native language at the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Tbilisi No. 41 Public School on Monday, Georgia’s Education Ministry revealed.
The school is spearheading the recent initiative of the Georgian Government to open Ukrainian-language sectors at local educational institutions for students from Ukraine who found themselves stranded in Georgia since Russia’s invasion of the country starting in February.
Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli welcomed the students at the school - which is named after a prominent Ukrainian academician of the 20th century - and offered his congratulations on the opening of the native language sector, the Ministry said.
Photo: Education Ministry.
“The opening of the Ukrainian-speaking sector is a clear example of the great support of our brotherly Ukrainian nation by the Government of Georgia and the Georgian people. The Ukrainian sector ceased to function at Tbilisi No. 41 Public School in 2011, and today I am very proud that for the first time in 11 years, thanks to the efforts of our Government, Ukrainian students in Georgia again have the opportunity to learn their mother tongue,” Chkhenkeli said at the ceremony on Monday.
The Ministry said 130 students had expressed interest in joining the Ukrainian language sector at the school, adding qualified teachers had been selected for all classes from professionals recently arriving from Ukraine as well as local Ukrainian-speaking educators. Their selection was facilitated in “close cooperation” with the Embassy of Ukraine, the national body added.
Photo: Education Ministry.
Andriy Kasyanov, the Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, was also present at the opening of the classes for Ukrainian students at the public school, with the diplomatic extending his gratitude to the Prime Minister of Georgia and the Minister of Education for their support.
The Ukrainian sector is being established in Georgia with an official status for the first time since 1999, with all subjects to be taught to students on elementary, basic and intermediate levels in their native language.
Photo: Education Ministry.
Ukrainian students who, due to the hostilities in their country, are unable to continue their general education back in their country, are enrolled in Georgian schools in a simplified manner, with 426 students of different ages already joining classes in Tbilisi and the regions following the Government initiative.
Parents of 110 Ukrainian students have enrolled their children in Georgian schools following an offer from the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia for continuing their studies in the country as the war in Ukraine prevents them from going back, the Ministry announced earlier on Tuesday.
A total of 38 children affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine have been enrolled in Georgian schools, Tamar Makharashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Education, said on Friday.
Makharashvili noted the Ukrainian students would be able to join Georgian schools in a “simplified procedure,” meaning they would still be accepted without the documentation.
Primary school students affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine will be enrolled in Georgian public and private schools in a simplified manner, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia announced on Friday.
Children of Ukrainian families stranded in Tbilisi due to the outbreak of hostilities in their country following the Russian invasion will be able to go to kindergartens without any fees starting the next week, Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on Wednesday.
Representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the UN Refugee Agency have welcomed the launch of classes in native language for Ukrainian students at the Tbilisi No. 41 Public School, thanking the Georgian Government for the initiative of support for the Ukrainians in the country on the backdrop of Russia's invasion of their homeland.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with his son and daughter on Wednesday visited the Tbilisi No. 41 Public School offering classes to 211 Ukrainian students in their native language.
Ukrainian students stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of the war in their country can now join classes in their native language at Public School No. 20 in the Black Sea city of Batumi, the Education Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Andriy Kasyanov, a representative of the Ukrainian Embassy to Georgia, on Wednesday commented on assistance provided by Georgia to Ukraine and thanked the Georgian Government for its support amid the Russian invasion.
A group of Ukrainian children and their parents were hosted in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara on Thursday as part of a holiday programme organised by the Georgian Government.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Sunday hosted a farewell meeting for Ukrainian children on vacation in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara with the support of the Georgian Government.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili named education as his government’s “top strategic priority” in his address at the United Nations education summit on Monday, stressing commitment to increasing public funding of the sector to up to six percent of the gross domestic product by 2030.