New Textbooks for Georgian Schools Abroad

Monday, October 17

Mirza Davitaia and Dimitri Shashkin, ministers of diaspora issues and education respectively, unveil new standard textbooks for Georgian schools outside Georgia in a range of subjects

Georgian schools abroad have new programs and new textbooks for the new academic year. Dimitri Shashkini, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia and Mirza Davitaia, State Minister of Georgia on Diaspora Issues presented Georgian language and literature, Georgian geography and Georgian history textbooks for Georgian students of schools abroad.

The textbooks were prepared within the scope of memorandum that ensures the elaborating of a united learning program and preparing textbooks for Georgian schools abroad.

The textbooks are prepared for two age groups. Methodical textbooks for teachers and workbooks for students have also been made available.

Up to today there was no united program and methodical instructions for schools abroad. Programs prepared by the Ministry of Education are based on the National Curriculum and considers the educational environment abroad.

E-versions of the textbooks are uploaded on the web-pages of the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Curriculum Center, and the Ministry of Georgia on Diaspora Issues. All the schools abroad can use these recourses.