Over 1,500 Ukrainian students fleeing war studying at Georgian schools - PM to UN summit
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said at the UN education summit that Ukrainian students pursuing higher education in Georgia could do so without passing national examinations. Photo: government of Georgia press office
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The Georgian government has successfully enrolled more than 1,500 Ukrainian students forced to flee the country due to the war in schools across Georgia, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday in his address to the education summit of the United Nations.
Stressing the ruling authorities were “prioritising educational support for students in our occupied territories where the ongoing Russian occupation has disrupted many parts of daily life”, Garibashvili said his government had also done “its utmost” to ensure support for the Ukrainian children fleeing hostilities.
We have successfully placed in Georgian schools more than 1,500 Ukrainian students who were forced to flee due to Russian aggression. To do so, we established streamlined enrolment procedures and provided general education in the Ukrainian language according to standard Ukrainian curriculums with the help of qualified specialists”, he told the summit.
Georgian education minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli in Tbilisi Public School No. 98 with Ukrainian students. Photo: ministry of education press office.
The head of the government also noted Ukrainian students pursuing higher education in Georgia could do so without passing national examinations after exemptions had been made for them.
In his remarks to the UN event, Garibashvili said education was among the “top strategic priorities” of his government.
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