The building of Tbilisi Public School No. 21 will not be demolished

According to the information of the Ministry of Education, by the decision of the interagency commission, several weeks of rehabilitation works will be carried out at Tbilisi Public School No. 21. According to the Ministry's statement, based on the clarifying assessment of the expertise report, it is necessary to carry out specific works in the building for safety purposes. Formula+4

After the completion of the works, the students will return to the school and continue their studies until the end of the current academic year under conditions of constant monitoring of the building's condition. From the summer, full-scale reconstruction works will be implemented at the school, during which time the educational process will move to an alternative building. Formula+5

A group of school teachers and parents, who have been holding protest rallies over the last few days, held a meeting at the Ministry of Education. According to Deputy Minister of Education Givi Mikanadze, the Ministry had previously offered the school the alternative of studying in the second shift in the buildings of School No. 51 and School No. 49 or switching to an online mode, which the school community refused. Publika+4

Information about the dilapidated state and demolition of the school building was spread on September 17. According to the report of the Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, the technical condition of the building was unsatisfactory, which is why its demolition was initially recommended. However, later, based on a clarifying assessment, the decision was changed. Publika+2