Reconciliation Minister awards young ambassadors of state language on Georgian Language Day
“We met young people who expressed their willingness and desire to contribute to the promotion of the state language. They actively participated in the programme [...] and successfully prepared themselves [for the task],” Akhvlediani said of the graduates. Photo: Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality
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Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Thursday highlighted the “foundational” significance of promoting knowledge of state language in comments marking the Georgian Language Day, at awards for graduates of a programme of ambassadors of state language.
Akhvlediani said promoting literacy in the official language in Georgia’s ethnically diverse society was significant for strengthening civic equality, as she addressed the graduates of the programme Ambassadors of the State Language and pointed out the need to improve the level of knowledge of the language among citizens from ethnic minority communities.
We met young people who expressed their willingness and desire to contribute to the promotion of the state language. They actively participated in the programme [...] and successfully prepared themselves [for the task],” Akhvlediani said of the graduates.
Implemented by the Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration, the programme saw 20 individuals selected from four regions of the country for a six-month theoretical and practical training in state language teaching and integration.
Akhvlediani and Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli awarded the graduates of the programme - who will now teach Georgian among ethnic minorities - with certificates as part of nationwide celebrations of the date.
Established in 1990, the Georgian Language Day is celebrated annually on April 14 to commemorate the events of 1978, when public protests in Tbilisi forced Soviet authorities to abandon plans for stripping Georgian of the status of the official state language in the country.
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