UN, OSCE representatives welcome opening of classes in Ukrainian at Tbilisi school
Ukrainian students unable to continue their education back in their country due to the hostilities are able to join Georgian schools in a simplified manner, with 650 students of different ages already receiving classes in capital Tbilisi and the regions, following an initiative by the Prime Minister of Georgia. Photo: The Ministry of Education.
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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.
Congrats to the Minister of #Education Mr. Chkhenkeli on his efforts to establish Ukrainian sector in school #41 in #Tbilisi. Great to visit the school & meet w/children displaced from #Ukraine. Ukrainian children will receive #education in their own language & curriculum in ???????? pic.twitter.com/bAzgyeAr90
— Ghassan Khalil (@GKUNICEF) April 13, 2022
Ghassan Khalil, the UNICEF Head to Georgia, said the Georgian Education Ministry had “ensured the creation of an appropriate educational environment for Ukrainian students in the shortest possible time,” which would help them receive general education in their native language.
UNHCR Georgia also responded to the opening of the classes on Twitter, noting “Ukrainian children are now going to schools all over Georgia.”
????????Ukrainian children are now going to schools all over Georgia, getting the help and protection they so much need.UNHCR congratulates the Ministry of Education on the rapid organisation of a Ukrainian section in school 41. @GovernmentGeo #TogetherWeLearn #WeStandWithRefugees pic.twitter.com/4hwLDAcyYX
— UNHCR Georgia (@UNHCRGeorgia) April 15, 2022
Ukrainian students from the first to the 11th grade have been offered to study at the school named after Mykhailo Hrushevsky, the prominent Ukrainian academician of the 20th century. Currently 211 adolescents are attending classes at the school.
Ukrainian students unable to continue their education back in their country due to the hostilities are able to join Georgian schools in a simplified manner, with 650 students of different ages already receiving classes in capital Tbilisi and the regions, following an initiative by the Prime Minister of Georgia.
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.
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, by the decision of Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, Georgia’s Education Ministry revealed.
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.
Tbilisi City Hall has completed its programme of providing shelter and food for Ukrainian citizens living in the capital of Georgia, announcing on Monday the initiative had run for over four months instead of the initially announced one month.
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Monday responded to comments by the Droa opposition party over the Government’s assistance programme for Ukrainian refugees in the country by noting “politicisation” of the topic was “inappropriate”.
Ukrainian school students affected by the ongoing war in their country will continue to benefit from simplified enrollment at Georgian schools in the 2022-2023 academic year, the Georgian Education Ministry announced on Thursday.