Armenian-Georgian Public Educational Bridges
The project "Armenian-Georgian
Public Educational Bridges", project being implemented with the written
approval of the Ministers of Education and Science of Armenia and Georgia,
started in 2009.
This year we mark the
15th year of educational bridges and joint activities with Georgia. Let's
celebrate the 15th anniversary of public educational bridges. Let's organize an
exhibition and a concert dedicated to our 15th anniversary at Caucasian
University.
This general education
program has been a reality in the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex for a
long time with Georgian language clubs, elective courses, online platforms,
joint training camps, rituals, and with educational exchanges.
Ashot Bleyan, founding director
of the "Mkhitar Sebastatsi" Educational Complex, and Giorgi
Momtselidze, director of School 98 in Tbilisi, made an important contribution
to the construction of these bridges. The founding director of the EduComplex Ashot
Bleyan received the "Cultural Ambassador of Georgia" medal of Tbilisi
Municipality. Giorgi Momtselidze, the director of school 98, was awarded with
the certificate of honor of the Minister of Science and Education of
RA.
The "Armenian-Georgian
Public Educational Bridges" program was supported at different times and
with different activeness by the Ministries of Education and Culture of the
Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Georgia, the
Embassy of the Republic of Georgia in Armenia, the Embassy of the Republic of
Armenia in Georgia, the "Caucasian Partnership" organization, the
Municipality of Tbilisi, the Free Trade Union of Teachers and Scientists of
Georgia, the state and other public organizations and
individuals.
The project has the
unanimous blessing and support of the Armenian and Georgian churches (the
leaders of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the
Diocese of Armenians in Georgia, the General Vicarage of Javakhk, the Diocese
of Akhalkalaki-Kumurdo of the Georgian Orthodox Church).
In emergency conditions,
the program developed on online platforms, forming new, online organization and
online projects. For reasons beyond our control, educational ties have
weakened, so we ask for the support of the honorable minister in activating
them.
Now, we consider the
visit of honorable minister Giorgi Amilakhvari to be important from the point
of view of updating and activating educational institutions and creating new
partnership bridges.
The following activities are carried out through
“Armenian-Georgian Public Educational Bridges”
Georgian language is
taught at the students’ choice in the High and Middle schools and in the
College of the EduComplex. There is a club of Georgian speakers here. There are
also such clubs of French, Spanish, German, Persian, Turkish speakers in the
EduComplex.
The mskh.am website and the pedagogical magazine Dpir have Georgian pages.
There has been
established a partnership between the EduComplex and Georgian schools in
Tbilisi, Javakhk, Bolnis, Lanchkhut, Lagodekhi, Batumi, including Tbilisi. 98,
24, 104, 37, 6, schools and kindergartens of fine arts named after Versaladze, schools
and kindergartens in Gldani district, schools
in Gandzai, Valei, Damalai districts, N 3 School in Akhalkalaki, pre-school in Bakuriani, schools in Bolnisi
"Davidiani", Bolnis-Khacheni, Lagodekhi Vardisuban schools. A
partnership has also been established between the EduComplex and Georgian
educational and cultural state, non-governmental organizations, Georgian-Armenian
community, "Hayartun" center, Armenian and Georgian Churches.
The students and
teachers of the Georgian schools in Tbilisi and Javakhk participate in the
annual open educational projects determined by the educational calendar of the
author educational program of the EduComplex: reviews (public educational
Digitech, ecotour, Georgian days, Yerevan Plein Air, music and theater
festivals, open review of Armenian-Georgian educational projects, etc.
April 14 is the Day of
the Georgian language in the educational complex. This is a cooperative day
determined by the fifteen-year old academic calendar.
Visits to the EduComplex
by state-public figures and groups interested in the author educational program
(Ministers of Education and Science of Georgia, including: Dmitry Shashkin,
Aleksandre Jejelava, Minister of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia,
Mikheil Giorgadze, Ambassadors of Georgia to Armenia: Tengiz Sharmanashvili,
Giorgi Saganelidze, culture and education specialists.
Trainings of Georgian
teachers and pedagogical workers of preschool institutions were carried out in
the educational complex and in Tbilisi.
The students of the EduComplex
take part in open competitions and projects organized in Tbilisi schools and
educational centers (International competition of technical creativity, "We
are Reading Rustaveli", "Leonardo da Vinci", Eco-lesson, Tbilisi
Plein Air, "Paintings by Pirosmani" project and others). They also initiate
and implement educational projects related to Georgia and Georgian culture
(such as contemporary Georgian writers, Shalva Amonashvili's pedagogy,
Georgian-Armenian translations).
The concerts of the
EduComplex teachers’ choir "Sebastsiner" were organized in Tbilisi,
Javakhk, in the halls of cultural and educational institutions and in churches.
The language experience of the EduComplex middle
and high schools students studying Georgian was organized in Tbilisi.
Joint educational
projects are implemented, that also include Armenian and Georgian artists:
concerts, educational plein airs in Tbilisi, Yerevan, Armenian and Georgian
national song dance trainings, project "Holidays together" (New Year
and Christmas, Resurrection, Independence Days, Golden Autumn, Tbilisoba,
"Sebastatsi days” and others).
The EduComplex and
Georgian partner schools cooperate within the framework of international
projects (SPAR, CEEN, others).
The students of the
educational complex participate in the creative gatherings of the Georgian creative
camps of Anaklia, Svaneti, Bulachauri, Bakuriani, Kakheti Manavi, including the
international ones. Georgian students participate in the review camps and
creative gatherings organized by the EduComplex in the picturesque places of Armenia.
Educational literature
and teaching materials are transferred to the schools of the Armenian villages
of Javakhk and Bolnis. Tbilisi Municipality donated Georgian books to the EduComplex.
Educational exchanges
are carried out between classes, and parents join this project.
Through educational
exchanges, personal friendship and family ties of Armenian and Georgian teenagers
have been created. They are also active in social networks.
Cooperation of the
sports school of the EduComplex with Georgian sports clubs: fencing tournaments
in Armenia and Georgia, judo tournament in Georgia.
Proposed developments for the 2024-2025 academic year
·
New
partners: new public educational bridges
·
"Historical
Platforms of Armenian-Georgian Unity" educational projects
·
Trainings
of educational workers through the author educational program
·
Trainings
of kindergarten teachers with the author educational program
·
Readings,
discussions of contemporary Georgian literature
·
Reviewing
students' research works, joint presentations
·
Joint
work of creative groups, speeches
·
Cooperation
with the EduComplex Wine School: creation of Armenian-Georgian partnership wine
·
Training
by production : joint exhibitions, plein airs, creative gatherings
·
Other.