The organization “Young barristers” appeals to the Mayor of Tbilisi - Davit Narmania to start a real reform on the issue of kindergartens in the capital and allocate appropriate funds from the current and 2015 capital budget for the children, who were left without municipal kindergartens.

According to the statement of lawyer of the “Young Barristers”- Jaba Sirabidze, number of municipal kindergartens in Tbilisi is extremely limited, which do not satisfy the actual requirements and puts in a difficult position the preschool-aged children and their families. Under such circumstances, socially vulnerable parents are being forced to resort to private institutions, where service costs are high. The current situation is a heavy burden for the familis, who has the average social conditions. There are occasions when due to unpaid amount of money, the children left without education appropriate for their age.

According to evaluations of the “Young Barristers”, current situation in Tbilisi is due to the so-called “Kindergartens optimization" process, which was adopted by the previous municipal government, in 2007. Under the decision of the previous government of the capital, at the first phase the directors of the kindergartens were dismissed and all the gardens gained a status of public legal entity and then some part of the kindergartens were closed.

Nowadays, there are 159 kindergartens functioning in a total, while 46 gardens are no longer exist on the basis of optimization process. Abolished gardens in capital are nearly a quarter of the original amount. In addition, the amount of the existing groups in the gardens remains problematic, where the number of children exceeds 35. Such amount does not comply with the standards established by the municipality itself, according to which in groups the number of children should be 30-35.

The “Young Barristers” remarks, that in order to fill those demands, which some people considers is necessary, Tbilisi City hall should allocate the appropriate spaces on the road of problem solving and begin the construction of new kindergartens as soon as possible. It is necessary to add the numbers of kindergartens, so that preschool-aged children do not stay beyond the gardens and those groups where the number of children exceeds the established standards should come into compliance with the official requirements.