Tbilisi Mayor: Employees to Receive Salaries Despite School Suspension

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced today that over 2500 therapists, teachers and coaches involved in municipal programs will receive salaries without interruption even though education has been suspended due to coronavirus pandemic.

“Educational processes and a number of other municipal programs have been suspended in Georgia in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. We have decided to continue issuing salaries to support persons employed at cultural, sports, educational and youth centers. In total, there are about 2,500 teachers, coaches and therapists who serve up to 25,000 children. Teachers will receive salaries insofar as they make up for all missed hours as the pandemic passes. Tbilisi City Hall will likewise continue funding programs for socially disadvantaged high school students,” said Kaladze.

Nations across the world have stepped up extensive measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Suspension of educational processes has been one of those. The novel virus has killed nearly 6,664 persons with over 173,051 infected worldwide.

By Elene Dzebisashvili