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ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF GEORGIA SENT TO OMBUDSMAN DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION IN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society23130.html
29/08/2011
Armenian Community of Georgia sent a request to Public Defender of
Georgia about the situation, created in Armenian sector of public
school No.103 in Tbilisi.
ACG calls Public defender to investigate the incident of discrimination
and violation of minority rights in school and take appropriate
measures to regulate situation.
ACG had been monitoring the situation in the school for the last 2
years 2010-2011. During this period of time there were fixed many
facts of the violations of the rights of national minorities
Armenian Community of Georgia sent to Public Defender of Georgia
all documentation and fixed facts of discrimination in Armenian
sector of public school No.103 in Tbilisi. In the request said
that the direction of public school No.103 in Tbilisi, except the
discrimination in Armenian sector, allowed many other violations:
administrative, financial, ethical etc.
In the requests also listed facts of discrimination by the school
direction, among which: "Holding the most of lessons in Russian;
numerous tries to liquidate the sector; interference in registration
children to the 1st class of Armenian school sector; the pressure on
parents to transfer their children to the Georgian sector; failures
in transferring children from the liquidated Armenian-Russian sector;
failure in opening Armenian 3rd class; threats, that in the elementary
school only one subject (Armenian) will be taught in Armenian (the
rest in Russian or Georgian); the constant psychological crush on
teachers in Armenian Sector; creating of unequal conditions of work
(with Russian and Georgian sectors); constant charging in incompetence;
the reduction of teachers' hours in Armenian sector; firing 9 of 18
teachers working in Armenian sector, while they had their paid holiday
claiming it by reduction of the Armenian language lessons; etc."
Copies of the request were sent to the President of Georgia,
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Chairman of the Georgian
Parliament, the Prime Minister of Georgia, the Representations of UN
and EU in Georgia.
In the past Armenian Community of Georgia has repeatedly appealed with
the letters and called the Public Defender of Georgia and Ministry of
Education and Science of Georgia to pay attention on this situation
and stop the discrimination in Armenian sectors of public schools of
Tbilisi. However, there is no response from these institutions and
the situation in schools is getting worse.
Armenian Community of Georgia hopes that the Public Defender of
Georgia will be studied all the fixed facts of discrimination in the
Armenian sector of public school No. 103 in Tbilisi and the measures
will be taken.
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society23130.html
29/08/2011
Armenian Community of Georgia sent a request to Public Defender of
Georgia about the situation, created in Armenian sector of public
school No.103 in Tbilisi.
ACG calls Public defender to investigate the incident of discrimination
and violation of minority rights in school and take appropriate
measures to regulate situation.
ACG had been monitoring the situation in the school for the last 2
years 2010-2011. During this period of time there were fixed many
facts of the violations of the rights of national minorities
Armenian Community of Georgia sent to Public Defender of Georgia
all documentation and fixed facts of discrimination in Armenian
sector of public school No.103 in Tbilisi. In the request said
that the direction of public school No.103 in Tbilisi, except the
discrimination in Armenian sector, allowed many other violations:
administrative, financial, ethical etc.
In the requests also listed facts of discrimination by the school
direction, among which: "Holding the most of lessons in Russian;
numerous tries to liquidate the sector; interference in registration
children to the 1st class of Armenian school sector; the pressure on
parents to transfer their children to the Georgian sector; failures
in transferring children from the liquidated Armenian-Russian sector;
failure in opening Armenian 3rd class; threats, that in the elementary
school only one subject (Armenian) will be taught in Armenian (the
rest in Russian or Georgian); the constant psychological crush on
teachers in Armenian Sector; creating of unequal conditions of work
(with Russian and Georgian sectors); constant charging in incompetence;
the reduction of teachers' hours in Armenian sector; firing 9 of 18
teachers working in Armenian sector, while they had their paid holiday
claiming it by reduction of the Armenian language lessons; etc."
Copies of the request were sent to the President of Georgia,
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Chairman of the Georgian
Parliament, the Prime Minister of Georgia, the Representations of UN
and EU in Georgia.
In the past Armenian Community of Georgia has repeatedly appealed with
the letters and called the Public Defender of Georgia and Ministry of
Education and Science of Georgia to pay attention on this situation
and stop the discrimination in Armenian sectors of public schools of
Tbilisi. However, there is no response from these institutions and
the situation in schools is getting worse.
Armenian Community of Georgia hopes that the Public Defender of
Georgia will be studied all the fixed facts of discrimination in the
Armenian sector of public school No. 103 in Tbilisi and the measures
will be taken.