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Teaching about the Roma Genocide
Inclusion of the topic in the school curriculum
The subject of the Holocaust is included in history, literature, and German-language courses. Students encounter the subject for the first time at the ages of 9 to 10 in a course on the history of religion and then at the ages of 13 to 14 in a course on world history. (See OSCE report “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84)
Inclusion of the topic in the school textbooks
History textbooks for secondary schools allocate approximately two pages for the subject of the Holocaust. (See OSCE report “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84)
Training of teachers and education professionals
According to the OSCE Report (“Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 53): “Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova are an example of just how successful international support can be. In 2003-2004, within the project ‘Tolerance Lessons of the Holocaust’, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress trained teachers from the above-mentioned countries on how to teach about the Holocaust. Experts from Moscow, Kyiv, and Bishkek delivered lectures and headed workshops focusing on methods for teaching about tolerance and the Holocaust. The teachers also received didactic materials.”
In 2002, Georgian teachers participated in an educational and methodological seminar called “Tolerance-Lessons of the Holocaust” as part of an international programme organised by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. (See OSCE report “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84)
Particular activities undertaken at the level of education institutions
Standards of instruction on history and civics refer to the Holocaust. (See OSCE report “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84)