Gov’t limits distance learning in schools for new academic year
Georgian educational institutions are set to start the new school year on Thursday. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
The state body said only school students from risk groups featuring pre-existing health conditions and with relevant certificates issued by medical institutions would remain on distance learning.
The ministry also noted contacts of those with confirmed Covid cases would no longer be subject to self-isolation requirements.
It is no longer mandatory for a whole school to cease functioning due to confirmed cases of the virus”, the state body explained.
Face masks and thermal screening in schools will also no longer be required starting with the new academic year.
Teachers who are working with children with special educational needs must wear face masks if their work requires face-to-face contact at a distance of less than one metre”, the ministry added.
The Ministry has equipped general educational institutions with hygienic materials in order to “ensure a healthy and safe educational environment” in schools.
The state body said the Ministry and local educational resource centres would continue “the systematic monitoring of a safe environment” in schools during the 2022-2023 academic year.
In April 2022, Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli welcomed Ukrainian students at the school - which is named after a prominent Ukrainian academician of the 20th century - and offered his congratulations on the opening of the native language sector
Ukrainian students in Georgia who are unable to return to schools in their country due to the ongoing war are welcomed to classes in their native language at Georgian schools.
About 2,000 Ukrainian students of different ages are already receiving classes in capital Tbilisi and other regions following an initiative of the prime minister of Georgia.
Georgian educational institutions are set to start the new school year on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
Authorities on Covid regulations in Georgia have removed the requirement of wearing face masks in schools in the country starting this week, with the regulation only remaining in place for public transport and medical institutions.
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.