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GROUP REPORTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ARMENIANS IN TBILISI SCHOOL
asbarez
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Armenian Community of Georgia
TBILISI-Facts about cases of discrimination against Armenians in a
local public school were reported to Georgia's Human Rights Ombudsman
by the Armenian Community of Georgia, a non-governmental organization
operating in Tbilisi.
The ACG called on the public defender's office to investigate incidents
of discrimination and violation of minority rights in the Armenian
Section of Public School No. 103 in Tbilisi. The group also presented
documentation to the Ombudsman regarding the school administration's
alleged involvement in the incidents.
The group says the administrators of the school continues to teach
classes in Russian, attempts to shut down the Armenian section of
the school by interfering in the registration of 1st graders to the
program, pressures parents to enroll their children in the Georgian
Section of the school and has not initiated a third grade in the
Armenian sector.
The complaint also said that teachers are under constant emotional
duress, Armenian language courses have been dropped and nine of the 18
teachers in the Armenian section were fired, with the administration
claiming that while they were on vacation, Armenian classes were
eliminated and cancelled.
Copies of the appeal were sent to the Georgian President, Education
and Science Minister, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, the Prime
Minister, the representations of the UN and EU in Georgia.
The group said that in the past efforts to work with the office of
the Public Defender and the education ministry have not yielded any
response from officials and numerous appeals have been unanswered. The
ACG said that the condition in the school have gotten worse.
asbarez
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Armenian Community of Georgia
TBILISI-Facts about cases of discrimination against Armenians in a
local public school were reported to Georgia's Human Rights Ombudsman
by the Armenian Community of Georgia, a non-governmental organization
operating in Tbilisi.
The ACG called on the public defender's office to investigate incidents
of discrimination and violation of minority rights in the Armenian
Section of Public School No. 103 in Tbilisi. The group also presented
documentation to the Ombudsman regarding the school administration's
alleged involvement in the incidents.
The group says the administrators of the school continues to teach
classes in Russian, attempts to shut down the Armenian section of
the school by interfering in the registration of 1st graders to the
program, pressures parents to enroll their children in the Georgian
Section of the school and has not initiated a third grade in the
Armenian sector.
The complaint also said that teachers are under constant emotional
duress, Armenian language courses have been dropped and nine of the 18
teachers in the Armenian section were fired, with the administration
claiming that while they were on vacation, Armenian classes were
eliminated and cancelled.
Copies of the appeal were sent to the Georgian President, Education
and Science Minister, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, the Prime
Minister, the representations of the UN and EU in Georgia.
The group said that in the past efforts to work with the office of
the Public Defender and the education ministry have not yielded any
response from officials and numerous appeals have been unanswered. The
ACG said that the condition in the school have gotten worse.