NO PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY IN AKHALKALAKI – MINISTER SAYS
Daily Georgian Times
Aug 22 2007
Georgia
Alexander Lomaia, the education minister, has denied the government
planned to open an Armenian-language university in Akhalkalaki in
the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti.
"We believe that our education system’s capacity provides enough
opportunities to let our citizens of Armenian ethnicity, living in
Akhalkalaki or Ninotsminda, to receive education in Georgia in the
Georgian-language universities," Lomaia told reporters on August 22.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli told a government session on
August 22 that the authorities had "an ambitious plan" to overhaul
secondary schools throughout Georgia. Minister Lomaia said the
reconstruction of 400 schools was planned.
"I want to request local governors in the regions to pay special
attention to this project and provide assistance," PM Nogaideli said.