PROTOCOL OF THE MEETENG BETWEEN THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION OF
GEORGIA MR. AL. KARTOZIA AND DE-FACTO MINISTER OF EDUCATION OF ABKHAZIA MR. B. Dbar
Gali,
The meeting between the Minister of Education of
Generally two issues were discussed at the
meeting.
1. Forms and possibilities of financing Georgian schools
in Abkhazia.
2. Educational plans, programmes and language of
education at Georgian Schools in Abkhazia.
In the course of discussion of aforementioned
issues the sides made decision in the form of protocol on their intentions:
1. To set up working groups from both sides (no
more than 5 people in each), which will work together to regulate the issues of
the education system, elaborate the documents and after reconciliation with the
Minister will submit to the Georgian-Abkhaz Coordinating Commission for further
realization of decisions.
2. To entrust the working Groups with the task of
submitting the proposals on forms and possibilities of Georgian schools at the
eastern part of Abkhazia (Ochamchire, Tkvarcheli, Gali) from the state budget
of
3. The Abkhaz side commits itself to provide
tariff lists and the map of location of Georgian schools in aforementioned
districts and the Georgian side is to provide the information on Gali schools
on the
4. To learn and reconcile the education programmes, standards, curriculum and other issues. To continue working on the problem relating
to the fact that ethnic Georgians are deprived of possibility to get education
in the native language. The special
emphasis shall be made on the programmes on history and geography.
5. To set up working groups and start working on
the aforementioned issues at an earliest possibility.
Annex
Proposal from the Georgian
side
In order to introduce the Georgian language as the language of
instruction in secondary schools of the Gali district the teaching of geography
and history is to be conducted in accordance with the curriculum existing in
Abkhazia:
1. To introduce Georgian as the language of instruction in 1-6 grades of
Georgian schools of the Gali region as of September 2002.
2. To start immediate translation into Georgian of textbooks on history
and geography of Abkhazia (7-11 grades).
Option 1: The Georgian side starts translation into Georgian of
textbooks on history and geography of
Abkhazia
(7-11 grades) immediately upon their receipt from the Abkhaz side and within
three months from the receipt of the textbooks provides the Abkhaz side with
the electronic version of the translation.
Option
2: By... 2002 the Abkhaz side
provides tge Georgian side with the Georgian translation of the
texstbooks on history and geographi of Abkhazia
for stylistic expertise to be completed by the Georgian side within 6
weeks upon receipt of the translation.
Proposal
from the Abkhaz side
The Abkhaz side to complete the expertise of the set
of methodological and teaching aids submitted by the Georgian side.
The Georgian side to translate into Georgian the
textbooks on history and geography of Abkhazia after which the stylistic
expertise will be provided by the Abkhaz side.
Upon implementation of points 1 and 2, Georgian will be
introduced as the language of instruction in schools of Gali region.
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of