The Memorandum of Cooperation Was Signed between the Ministry and the Public Defender
The
Minister of Education and Science, Dimitri Shashkini and the Public Defender,
George Tugushi signed the memorandum of cooperation. The goal of the memorandum
is to support the full realization of the human rights in the educational
process. The memorandum envisages the following issues:
- Supporting the
accessibility of education for everyone;
- Preventing and discovering the violence at schools;
- Improving the knowledge on the children’s
rights at the educational institutions and reflecting the rights of the
children in the educational programs;
- Monitoring the children’s rights at the
educational institutions;
- Supporting the inclusive education at the educational
institutions;
- Working jointly on different programs, necessary legislative
initiatives and the political documents for the full implementation of
educational rights, as well as defending the Rights of the people at the penal
institutions;
- Realizing the rights of
the ethnic minorities and other target
groups and considering the gender issues in the educational policy;
Both
parties are ready to hold the dialogue in the scope of the memorandum, to
discuss the initiatives and recommendations and make the joint decisions in
order to support the full realization of all citizens of Georgia in the
educational process, regardless of their status, nationality, social condition,
physical opportunities and etc.