
A meeting was
held for the Public Defender s Council of Ethnic Minorities, where the members
itself are the representatives of ethnic minorities in Georgia, who have their
own views regarding the general education and language issues. The Deputy
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia –Ms. Lia Gigauri herself and the
Public Defender led the meeting.
The meetings
for Council of Ethnic Minorities are held periodically, where the participants
exchange their ideas regarding what has been done and what kind of challenges
still exist. The meeting focused on the various events and activities, which
the government plans to conduct with the participation of each ethnic minority
representative to ensure that every student’s right to get a full education is
protected, whilst having a supportive environment to succeed in their farther
endeavours.
Furthermore,
the interactive meeting held at the Ministry Education and Science of Georgia was
crucial for each party. Additionally, there were several major issues covered
during the meeting such as; changes in the national educational curriculum,
creation of textbooks for ethnic minorities, teachers' training programs,
infrastructure and renovation issues, creation of resources for the languages
of ethnic minorities, the involvement of
different ethnic groups in 4 + 1 program, the promotion of employment, and the
prospects for the involvement in vocational education.
Moreover, the
meeting focused on the promotion for the State language education, to which a
firm reassurance was recieved from the Zhvania School of Public Administration,
that not only the government officials will be involved in the promotion
campaign, but also any interested person can participate as well. The representatives
of various diaspora also discussed the creatiion and promotion of greek and
other language courses at schools, which have litte or no demand.