Education Min. to train 150 teachers of Georgian Armenian schools

ArmenPress
Feb 24 2005

ARMENIAN EDUCATION MINISTRY TO TRAIN 150 TEACHERS OF GEORGIAN
ARMENIAN SCHOOLS

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, ARMENPRESS: Armenian education and science
ministry will train some 150 teachers of Armenian schools in Georgia
together with its Georgian counterpart. Tamara Zalinian from the
Armenian ministry’s department handling joint projects with Diaspora
Armenian educational establishments, told Armenpress teachers from
predominantly Armenian-populated region of Samtskhe Javakhk will be
trained in Akhalkalaki and teachers from other regions in Tbilisi. In
Akhalkalaki alone there are 68 Armenian schools and 1500 teachers.
Tamara Zalinian did not confirm a statement by Georgian education
ministry official that a joint team of Armenian and Georgian experts
would work to develop a textbook book on Armenian history. The
official had earlier said teaching Armenian history in Georgian
Armenian school would become mandatory after the joint commission
approved its text.