Nearly 60 Ukrainian students join Georgian schools following state offer, over 50 to follow
The Education Ministry said on March 18 the Ukrainian students affected by the ongoing war in their country would be able to join the same classes they were attending in Ukraine as of February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its invasion of the country. Photo: The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia/Facebook.
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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.
Fifty-eight of 110 students have already joined classes in the capital city of Tbilisi and regions of the country, while the remaining 52 will be enrolled in schools in the nearest future, the education body said.
Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli on Tuesday visited Tbilisi Public School No. 98, where several Ukrainian students have already started their classes. Chkhenkeli and the Director of the school met the parents of students and got acquainted with their needs.
Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli visited Tbilisi Public School No. 98, where several Ukrainian students have already started their classes. Photo: The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia/Facebook
The Education Ministry said on March 18 the Ukrainian students affected by the ongoing war in their country would be able to join the same classes they were attending in Ukraine as of February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its invasion of the country.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
It is “especially important” to support and assist Ukrainian families displaced by the war, Giorgi Tkemaladze, the Head of Tbilisi City Assembly, said at today’s meeting with parents of Ukrainian students recently enrolled in Georgian schools.
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.
Ukrainian students stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of the war in their country can now join classes in their native language at Public School No. 20 in the Black Sea city of Batumi, the Education Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.