Meeting with Marc Fumagalli, Political Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner

Ekaterine Dgebuadze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, held a working meeting with Marc Fumagalli, Political Advisor to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, and Nino Gogoladze, representative of the OSCE Office in Georgia.

At the meeting, the parties discussed the promotion of increased access to quality education for ethnic minorities, reviewing existing challenges and future perspectives in this direction. The Deputy Minister emphasized the importance of many years of cooperation between Georgia and the OSCE in the field of education and briefed the guests on implemented, ongoing, and planned programs for ethnic minorities.

During the working meeting, discussions touched upon the introduction of bilingual education in non-Georgian language preschool and general education institutions. The parties also discussed the necessity of creating native language and literature textbooks for national minorities.

The OSCE representative emphasized that the field of education is a priority for them and that cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Georgia will continue actively.