Tag: schools in Abkhazia

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Breakaway authorities in Abkhazia pressuring Georgian schools to teach in Russian language

November 20, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–Breakaway Abkhazia is fastening its grip on Georgian schools in Gali, local teachers told DFWatch. Sokhumi suspects that the schools in this southern district with a predominantly ethnic Georgian population are violating a relatively recent policy to only allow Russian as the instructional language up to 7th grade, and instead teaching in Georgian. “We … Read more

Abkhazia halts issuing of ‘visas’ during FIFA World Cup

June 16, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–Sokhumi has suspended the issuing of ‘visas’ which is needed by many Georgians to visit family and do business here in the southern Gali region of the breakaway republic.

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Seven Georgian schools may be closed in the southern part of Abkhazia

April 16, 2018 by DFWatch staff

The Georgian school in the village Tagiloni was closed recently. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Abkhazia’s breakaway authorities are planning to close seven Georgian schools in Gali, according to locals, who fear that such a decision, if taken, will cause the district to be depopulated.

The school closures are being considered as part of an ‘optimization’ plan for the public schools in Abkhazia.