VILLAGE
SCHOOLS
In Georgia’s Azerbaijani villages the school is often the heart of the village, the place where children first learn to read and write in their mother tongue. The series covers twelve schools; each one gets its own post on Instagram.
116
Azerbaijani-language schools in Georgia, 2021/22
Source: Report.az, 2 November 2021 (2021/22 school year).
For comparison: in 2006, 148 Azerbaijani-language schools were recorded in Kvemo Kartli alone (Ş. Məmmədli, 2006, p. 6).
Nº 01Lejbəddin
Marneuli municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 02Qoçulu
Bolnisi municipality
The school’s new building. The old building still stands.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 03Sadaxlı
Marneuli municipality
Village public school Nº 1.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 04Təkəli
Marneuli municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 05Nəzərli
Gardabani municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 06Qaçağan
Marneuli municipality
Village public school Nº 2.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 07Sabirkənd
Marneuli municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 08Kəpənəkçi
Marneuli municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 09Candar
Gardabani municipality
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 10Gardabani, School Nº 3
Gardabani municipality
A school in the town of Gardabani.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Nº 11İfnari
Dmanisi municipality
Formerly called Kirovis (Kirov).
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
Nº 12Böyük Bəylər
Marneuli municipality
In September 2026 the building was still under renovation and not yet fully in use.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Village page
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