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ARMENIAN SCHOOLS BEING CLOSED IN GEORGIA
Victoria Vardanyan
YerevanReport.com
Sept 7 2010
Armenia
YEREVAN, September 7-The representatives of the Armenian Diaspora in
Georgia sent a formal letter to the Minister of Education and Science
of Georgia Dmitri Shashkin, in connection with the recent information
that the public schools number 110 and 95 and the Armenian sector in
public school number 146 in Tbilisi are going to be closed.
In the letter, the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora ask the
Ministry to explain why the Ministry decided to close and restructure
these schools and under what conditions will this process proceed.
The public schools number 110 and 146 have Armenian sectors, and the
public school number 95 is fully Armenian, and the Armenian children,
who are representatives of national minority in Georgia, study there.
"Naturally, the Armenian cultural and educational institutions in
Georgia are under the special attention of the Armenian Diaspora in
Georgia, and any action related to these institutions (liquidation,
reorganization or other changes) concerns each representative of the
local Diaspora," the letter says.
The Georgian Armenians hope that the Ministry of Education and Science
of Georgia will fulfill the country's obligation to protect the
rights of the national minorities (in particular the right to receive
education in Armenian language and preserve the Armenian culture).
Earlier, Shirak Torosyan - the Deputy to the National Assembly of
Armenia and the head of Countrymen Benevolent Union "Javakhk" - also
criticized Georgia's policy towards the Armenians. According to him,
this is "a policy of displacement of people from their homes and the
loss of the national identity."
From: A. Papazian
Victoria Vardanyan
YerevanReport.com
Sept 7 2010
Armenia
YEREVAN, September 7-The representatives of the Armenian Diaspora in
Georgia sent a formal letter to the Minister of Education and Science
of Georgia Dmitri Shashkin, in connection with the recent information
that the public schools number 110 and 95 and the Armenian sector in
public school number 146 in Tbilisi are going to be closed.
In the letter, the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora ask the
Ministry to explain why the Ministry decided to close and restructure
these schools and under what conditions will this process proceed.
The public schools number 110 and 146 have Armenian sectors, and the
public school number 95 is fully Armenian, and the Armenian children,
who are representatives of national minority in Georgia, study there.
"Naturally, the Armenian cultural and educational institutions in
Georgia are under the special attention of the Armenian Diaspora in
Georgia, and any action related to these institutions (liquidation,
reorganization or other changes) concerns each representative of the
local Diaspora," the letter says.
The Georgian Armenians hope that the Ministry of Education and Science
of Georgia will fulfill the country's obligation to protect the
rights of the national minorities (in particular the right to receive
education in Armenian language and preserve the Armenian culture).
Earlier, Shirak Torosyan - the Deputy to the National Assembly of
Armenia and the head of Countrymen Benevolent Union "Javakhk" - also
criticized Georgia's policy towards the Armenians. According to him,
this is "a policy of displacement of people from their homes and the
loss of the national identity."
From: A. Papazian