Ukrainian Education Minister thanks Georgia for “great support” to Ukrainian school children amid war
Students who were unable to continue their general education in Ukrainian schools due to the war have been accepted at the Georgian-based schools in a simplified manner. More than 1000 students of different ages have already joined them in Tbilisi and other regions of the country. Photo: The Georgian Ministry of Education/Facebook
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Serhiy Shkarlet, the Minister of Education of Ukraine, on Saturday thanked Georgian authorities for showing “great support” to Ukrainian children stranded in Georgia by the war in their country.
The Georgian Ministry of Education said Shkarlet had stressed the importance of providing access to education for Ukrainian children in Georgia and said supporting the students in “such a difficult situation” was especially important for “every Ukrainian''. He thanked Georgian citizens, calling them “friends” of Ukraine for their “important and strong support” shown since the outbreak of the conflict.
Ukrainian-language classes were established by the decision of Georgia’s Prime Minister at Tbilisi Public School No. 41 and Batumi Public School No. 20 to enable Ukrainian students to receive general education in their native language, using the curriculum and textbooks used by Ukrainian-based schools.
The Ministry noted students involved in the classes were provided with necessary textbooks and studied both compulsory and optional subjects in the formal curriculum, in addition to having classes for Georgian language and literature, and a subject entitled Our Georgia. Additional activities are planned for the pupils in both formal and non-formal education.
Students who were unable to continue their general education in Ukrainian schools due to the war have been accepted at the Georgian-based schools in a simplified manner. More than 1000 students of different ages have already joined them in Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
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.
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.
The Tbilisi-based Ilia State University has offered free classes of English-language Civil Engineering Bachelor programme for the 2022-2033 academic year to fifteen Ukrainian citizens in Georgia.
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.
The United Nations Children's Fund will be “actively involved” in development and implementation of the School Nutrition Programme in Georgia, after the Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli and Ghassan Khalil, the UNICEF representative in the country, on Wednesday signed a memorandum of cooperation for the initiative.
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.