Simplified enrollment for Ukrainian students at Georgian schools renewed for new academic year
The latter initiative in Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi was launched by the initiative of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, with students from the first to the eleventh grade given the opportunity to receive general education in their native language. Photo: The Ministry of Education.
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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.
Announcing the continuation of the initiative that involves accepting Ukrainian students without the usually required papers, the state body also said Ukrainian nationals entering higher education institutions in the country would also benefit from being exempted from having to take national exams.
Over 1500 Ukrainian students unable to continue classes due to the hostilities in their country have joined public and private schools both in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and other regions of the country via the state initiative.
In addition, more than 900 students from the country have been enabled to continue their studies in classes held in Ukrainian language.
The latter initiative in Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi was launched by the initiative of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, with students from the first to the eleventh grade given the opportunity to receive general education in their native language.
The classes also involve the same curriculum and textbooks they used in classes held in Ukrainian schools before the outbreak of hostilities in the country. In the Georgian schools, they also study Georgian language and literature, and the subject Our 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Georgian government has limited distance learning in schools for the new 2022-2023 academic year following continued positive trends in Covid-19-related numbers, the Georgian education ministry announced on Wednesday.
Over 632,000 school students walked into classrooms to begin their studies in the new school year across Georgia, with changes to their curriculum and new school venues unveiled for the 2022-2023 academic year.