38 Ukrainian students enroll in Georgian schools
Public and private kindergartens in Tbilisi will also accept Ukrainian children free of charge. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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A total of 38 children affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine have been enrolled in Georgian schools, said Tamar Makharashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Education, 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.
As of 17:00 on March 18, 2022, trustees of 72 children have requested enrollment in Georgian schools. 38 of those students have already been accepted to both public and private schools. Seven students are in Tbilisi, 22 in Batumi, one in Kharagauli, two in Chiatura, one in Marneuli, two in Rustavi and three in Ozurgeti,” she said.
Makharashvili asserted the remaining students, who had applied for enrolment, would also be accepted to schools “by Monday, Tuesday.”
The Georgian Education Ministry said yesterday the Ukrainian students would be able to join the same classes they were attending in their home country as of February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its invasion.
Public and private kindergartens in Tbilisi will also accept Ukrainian children free of charge, with Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announcing on March 16 they would be given priority during pre-school admissions.
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.
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.
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 (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.
The ruling Georgian Dream party MPs have denied the rumours of the possible restoration of Russian-language departments at Georgian schools.
Citizens of Israel who were studying healthcare in Ukraine and have not been able to continue the studies due to the outbreak of war will be able to use accelerated mobility procedures to keep their courses in the Georgian education system.
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.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and a group of majoritarian MPs of the country's legislative body brought presents to the Ukrainian children enrolled in Georgian public schools on Saturday.
The Georgian Parliament hosted a reception for the kids from Ukraine earlier today. During the reception, Papuashvili addressed the students, their parents and teachers, expressing hope they would spend an “interesting time” in Georgia.
Tbilisi City Hall and the City Council are ready to discuss naming one of the squares in the city the Ukrainian Heroes Square, the Embassy of Ukraine in the country said on Thursday.
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.
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 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.