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

According to the statement of the Ministry of Education of Georgia, the project has been active since 2013, covering the villages of Gori, Kaspi, Khashuri, Dusheti, Oni, Sachkhere, Tsalenjikha and Zugdidi municipalities. 

In 2013 the Government funded 471 students while the figure for the 2019-2020 academic year has increased to 1 600. 

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