IT’S ENVISAGED TO CREATE PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITIES IN AKHALTSKHA AND AKHALKALAK

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 05 2006

AKHALKALAK, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The European
Union and the German Association of People’s Universities envisage
to implement a 30-years educational program with 500 thousand evro
budget in Samtskhe-Javakhk.

According to Adriana Longoni, the Projects Director of the European
Union, the main goal of this program is protection of Armenians’
rights in Samtskhe-Javakhk, the southern region of Georgia, and
integration in the civil society of their country. According to the
“A-Info” agency, it’s scheduled to create People’s Universities in
Akhaltskha and Akhalkalak where a program of civil education will be
implemented. About 6300 people, besides getting knowledge on law at
the universities, will attend courses of studying Georgian as well.

Having a goal to encourage small business, courses of industrial
education will also be held in the universities.