Georgia Allocates GEL 4 Mln to Finance Students Living near Occupation Line

The Government of Georgia has allocated 4 million GEL to fund higher education for 1,600 Georgian students who live near the occupation lines of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali and Abkhazia regions, 584 more compared to the previous year. 

The government has been financing BA and MA students living in Tbilisi-administered villages adjacent to the dividing line since 2013, covering the villages of Gori, Kaspi, Khashuri, Dusheti, Oni, Sachkhere, Tsalenjikha and Zugdidi municipalities. 

The Ministry reports that over the past seven years the government has funded the studies of 7,000 students living at the occupation lines and allocated more than 15 million GEL.