Tbilisi kindergartens to accept Ukrainian children stranded in Georgia by war
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. Photo: Kindergarten Management Agency of Tbilisi.
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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.
Kaladze also said Ukrainian children would be given priority during pre-school admissions, revealing the latest move of the authorities to help the Ukrainian nationals in Georgia.
- Ukrainian citizens in Tbilisi to receive sport, educational, art venue services free of charge
- Tbilisi City Hall opens humanitarian aid point for Ukrainians affected by war
In further comments about a social campaign of the Tbilisi City Hall, Kaladze said 1,117,000 GEL (about $346,405/€315,005) had already been raised for Ukrainians affected by the war on a treasury account, through contributions by Georgian citizens and entrepreneurs.
Russia started its military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, following President Putin’s announcement of the recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on February 21.
The Georgian Football Federation (GFF) and the national team will send humanitarian aid including first aid items, medical equipment, various types of medicines and baby food to Ukraine, the GFF said on Tuesday.
The Tbilisi-based Ilia State University (ISU) has established a programme to offer teaching opportunities to Ukrainian academics placed “at risk” by the Russian invasion of their country, the university announced on Tuesday.
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) will offer assistance to Ukrainian citizens staying in Georgia in the wake of Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian citizens currently in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi will receive services of a select group of sports centres, museum venues, theatre halls, libraries and art schools free of charge, Tbilisi City Hall announced earlier today.
Georgia’s Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), the oldest university in the country and in the South Caucasus region, has sent a part of its humanitarian aid to Ukraine in assistance to those affected by the Russian military invasion of the country, the press office of the University reported earlier on Wednesday.
Georgia has expressed its support and assistance to Ukraine on all international platforms, Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, said in an interview released by Imedi TV on Wednesday.
The Georgian Education Ministry’s Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions will offer free psychosocial counselling to Ukrainian children and adolescents stranded in Georgia due to war in there home country.
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.
A total of 38 children affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine have been enrolled in Georgian schools, Tamar Makharashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Education, said on Friday.
Makharashvili noted the Ukrainian students would be able to join Georgian schools in a “simplified procedure,” meaning they would still be accepted without the documentation.
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.
Ukrainian students in Georgia who are unable to return to schools in their country due to the ongoing war were welcomed to classes in their native language at the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Tbilisi No. 41 Public School on Monday, by the decision of Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, Georgia’s Education Ministry revealed.
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 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.
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.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on Monday said the Government would not let the country get involved in conflict on the backdrop of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, in comments on banners that have appeared in metro stations of the capital warning citizens “It is Russia, not the West that wishes a war”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Sunday hosted a farewell meeting for Ukrainian children on vacation in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara with the support of the Georgian Government.
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.