Israeli health students unable to continue studies in Ukraine offered courses in Georgia
The Ministry will offer the international students English-language medicine programmes recognised by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), as well as English-language educational programmes in pharmacy and dentistry. Photo: Ministry of Education.
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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.
Launched with the support of Georgia's Prime Minister at the request of the Embassy of Israel in Georgia, the programme was revealed by the Ministry of Education on Monday.
The Ministry will offer the international students English-language medicine programmes recognised by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), as well as English-language educational programmes in pharmacy and dentistry.
The Ministry will also facilitate expedited administration of the relevant mobility procedures, recognition of credits, and timely enrollment of students in relevant higher education institutions.
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.
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.
Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli has presented a 10-year education and science development strategy which covers five major areas, including pre-school education, general education, higher education, vocational education and science.
The Georgian Government is ready to provide “maximum assistance” to Israeli students who have not been able to continue their studies in Ukraine due to the outbreak of the war in the country, so that they are able to continue studies at Georgian universities “in a timely manner”, Mikheil Chkhenkeli, the Georgian Minister of Education told an Israeli delegation in a meeting on Wednesday.