National Assessment Held in Georgian in Ethnic Minority Schools
The National Assessment, organized by the National Center for Educational
Quality Enhancement of MES, was held in
Georgian for first graders at
non-Georgian public schools.
The National Assessment is a
far-reaching research project aimed at assessing the quality of general
education of Georgia. The goal of the National Assessment held among the first
graders was to determine the success of the 2011-2012 reforms at non-Georgian
public schools.
The project โGeorgian for
Future Successโ, initiated by the President is being successfully carried out
in the regions populated by ethnic minorities. The project is designed to help
non-Georgian students learn the official language by sending Georgian volunteer
teachers to these regions. In order to strengthen Georgian language education, special
Georgian textbooks were created for this project.
Schools were randomly selected
throughout Georgia. 1,000 first graders
of 73 non-Georgian schools, their parents, 100 Georgian language teachers, 100
Georgian volunteer-teachers and 73 school principals took part in the National
Assessment.
For the National Assessment
schoolchildren took tests and filled out a questionnaire. Special
questionnaires were also filled out by the adult participants (parents,
Georgian language teachers, volunteer teachers and principals) who expressed
their opinions about Georgian language education and the implemented reforms.
As a result of the National
Assessment, the effectiveness of the reforms at these non-Georgian schools,
studentsโ academic achievements in Georgian and the opinions of the
participants regarding the reforms were identified. Starting in the beginning of June, the
report, conclusions and recommendations will be ready.
