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.