GEORGIA SPENDS $108 MILLION TO IMPROVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF JAVAKHETI
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.03.2010 17:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Georgian authorities permit carrying Armenian
literature to Javakheti, Georgian Ambassador to Armenia Grigol
Tabatadze told a news conference in Yerevan, commenting on the
information that it is forbidden to carry Armenian literature to
Javakhk. "The Georgian government is funding 144 Armenian schools
in Georgia. Books and manuals, approved by the Georgian ministry
of education are translated into Armenian in Armenia and then sent
back to Georgia. Other Armenian textbooks, which are not approved by
the Georgian education ministry cannot cross the Armenian-Georgian
border," Tabatadze said. According to him, this year graduates of
national minorities’schools will pass one exam in their language.
"The Georgian authorities have spent some USD 108 million to improve
the socio-economic status of Javakhk,"Tabatadze said, adding that
several Armenian schools were restored, including school after
Vahan Teryan.