2015-07-06

TSU Hosts Event Dedicated to Georgian Language Learning Program

The Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) will host an event dedicated to five years since the launch of the Georgian Language Learning Program at 11am on July 6.

TSU Rector, Academician Vladimer Papava; Minister of Education and Science Tamar Sanikidze; State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, Paata Zakareishvili; Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Ivane Kiguradze; Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili; Rectors, students and professors of Ilia State University, Tbilisi State Medical University, Technical University, the State Universities of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Gori, Telavi, representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of the Embassies of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Georgia will attend the event.

The system of quotation was introduced in Georgia’s higher educational institutions in 2010 in frames of the so called “preferential policy” for ethnic minorities living in Georgia. After earning a passing score on the General Skills Tests, non-Georgian language speaking school graduates learn the Georgian language during a year and after earning a relevant language certificate, they can select a desirable BA program to continue their studies.

Since 2010, over 2500 citizens of Georgia have been enrolled in Georgian higher educational institutions in frames of the Georgian Language Learning Program. About 1500 students have been enrolled in the Georgian Language Learning Program at the Tbilisi State University.

Besides learning the Georgian language, non-Georgian language students are integrating themselves into the Georgian language student community in frames of 1+4 program; they are mastering this or that profession and becoming full-fledged citizens of Georgia.

Address: I. Chavchavadze Ave., TSU, Building I, conference hall.        

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