Tbilisi Open University granted the
titles of honorary doctors to Vice Speaker of Parliament of Georgia, Rusudan
Kervalishvili, Mr. Chen Jianfu,
Ambassador of People’s Republic of China and Head of EUSR Office Tbilisi,
Angey Tishhkevich.
The
Deputy Minister, Irine Kurdadze, awarded the winners of 6th annual- International Young Inventors Project Olympiad
(IYIPO 2012)” with personal computers.
This
year, the certified teachers of natural sciences will take exams in
experimental piece of physics, chemistry and biology and will receive surplus
of 75GEL to their salaries.
Preparing for 2012 International
Olympiads has begun; 75 VIII-XII
graders participated in the selection round, held in Tbilisi Public school #51.
The teams will be formed out of those students who will score the highest points
in the respective round organized at national level.
Today, certified teachers will
take integrated exam in the English language and computer literacy. Those
teachers who successfully pass the exam will receive surplus to their salaries
in the amount of 125GEL;
School Session of European
Youth parliament is being held for April 28-30. The Session has been opened in
school “Olymp” today and has been attended by the representative of the
Ministry, Head of National Curriculum and General Education Development
Department, Mrs. Natia Jokhadze.
President of Georgia and Head
of Georgian Parliament have opened Chaghlar Educational Institutions International
Young Inventors and Scientist 6th International Olympiad. The Olympiad will be
held for three days and candidates from 31 countries will participate in it.
In the scope of “Summer Jobs Program”, Ministry of Economy will hire
2500 students. Today, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
Vera Kobalia and First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of
Georgia Koka Sepherteladze met with the participants of the project.
Vera Kobalia personally informed the students about their future jobs
and responsibilities.
President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili visited State Agricultural
University of Georgia, observed modern labs and stressed the huge
importance of Agriculture Education in the future development of the
country’s Agriculture.
Ministry of Education and
Science of Georgia has approved the schedule for High School leaving Exams, MA
and Teacher Certification Exams. High School leaving Exams will begin on May 21
and end on May 30.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini, together with the Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Zurab Tchiaberashvili visited private school “Tbilisi Green School” with first form schoolchildren Luka Guledani, Aleksandre Kumsiashvili and Lizi Nanava.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini has announced High School Exams start date for 2011-2012 academic year, during his meeting with senior students of Tbilisi № 82 Public School.
Tbilisi №173 Public School was given the name of the Hero, Vakhtang Gzirishvili, who deceased in Russian-Georgian War. Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia and the representatives of Georgian Armed Forces have unveiled the Memorial, dedicated to this specific fact.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has been implementing a new project in the frames of the recent reforms. In the nearest future Public Schools will be equipped with carefully selected and tested School Boxes.
National Center for Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) under the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (MES) has held a Greenery Event for the commemoration of the “Day of the Earth.” The first Deputy Minister, Koka Seperteladze has participated in the event.
With support of Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and US
Embassy to Georgia, general course in American Studies has been
developed at Tbilisi City Hall main library.
Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22. In this regard, Young
scientist organized the conference dedicated to Earth Day at Tbilisi
Technical University. The topic of the conference was the development of
electro mobile and other types of transportation.
President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili together with the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini and Head of National Forensics Bureau, Giorgi Khizanishvili have opened a new unique laboratory.
SROs have joined construction of Queen Virgin Church at “Makhata” mountain. 300 SROs have been cleaning the church site all day long. SROs have planted Cypress trees in the vicinity of the site as well.
Minister
of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini and Minister of Sport and
Youth Affairs Lado Vardzelashvili met the participants of students’ summer
employment program “Summer Jobs” and talked about the goal and importance of
the program.
New
vocational college “Akhali Talga” was opened by the President of Georgia
Mikhail Saakashvili and Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri
Saakashvili in Kobuleti. School buildings have been refurbished with modern
equipments.
The Minister of
Education and Science, Mr. Dimitri Shashkini held a meeting with one of the
Ministers of State of the German Federal Foreign Office, Mrs. Cornelia Pieper, who
paid a working visit to Georgia.
Georgian participants won third place in Microsoft Partners in
Learning European Forum 2012, held in Lisbon, Portugal. Overall, 82
projects were presented.
About 600 student participants of the “Summer Jobs” program will be employed in the medical sector. They will be able to work at hospitals and clinics throughout Georgia.
1st grade online registration has started. From April 2 through April 17, registration was only held for 1st graders registering at the schools where their siblings study or parents work. From April 17 till June 17, registration will be accessible at other schools.
SROs wished happy Easter to a large family of Nebieridze who have 9 children. The resource officers presented them Easter Gifts and spent a day with the children.
On April 14th, President Saakashvili met with teachers involved in the program “Georgian Language for Future Success” and their Azeri and Armenian students. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili talked about the importance of knowledge of the state language and prospective projects and programs in the field of education.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini visited Tbilisi Boarding School #200, wished them a Happy Easter and presented them with Easter Gifts. As a part of this event, the schoolchildren made a presentation of their hand-made works and gave a small concert for the guests.
Fifth Georgian Language House will start operation in Kvemo Kartli region. First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Koka Sepherteladze and Governor of Kvemo Kartli region Davit Kirkitadze opened a new Georgian Language House in Tsalka.
The winners of the contest for the creation of a logo and slogan for the state Anti Drug campaign have been revealed. Author of the slogan – “Chose life and not drugs” is 12th grader of Tbilisi Public School # 59, Giorgi Osefashvili.
The Bank of Georgia will issue 25 000 plastic salary cards for the participants of the Summer Job program. At the same time, the students can use this card while performing different bank operations in Georgia and abroad.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and Agency for Educational and Scientific Infrastructure Development under Ministry has constructed a new school in the village of Kvabgha, Chokhatauri. Deputy Minister, Nodar Surguladze visited the newly built school.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini was interviewed by the journalist of Russian radio station – “Echo of Moscow”. Journalist, Ekaterine Kotrikadze expressed much interest in the issue of teaching Russian language at Georgian schools.
2 years ago, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia established the institute of school resource officers. On April 12, 2010 SROs began service in 10 pilot schools of Tbilisi. By the end of that academic year, SROs covered schools of almost all regions of Georgia.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Tbilisi City Council and Tbilisi City Assembly jointly organize the following contests for the schoolchildren to mark “Europe Day”
The Deputy Minister, Nodar Surguladze held a working meeting with the principals and teachers of Ozurgeti public schools in Ozurgeti public school#2. Mr. Surguladze talked about the accomplished and planned activities.
On the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, a
school of Cyber Security will be launched in August, 2012, all
interested persons will be retrained in a new institution. Cyber Security is indispensable part of the activities of any
organization and a strong IT security system protects the agencies/
governmental organizations against the cyber terrorism.
25,000 students will be recruited in public and private sectors in the
President-initiated program for students’ employment, “Summer Jobs. Tbilisi City Council will employ 10 000 students, in particular, the
students will be recruited in all projects that are implemented by the
institution.
The Ministry of Education and Science held a presentation of the new web site” www.blogger.ge. The site was launched as a part of the “Blogger’s House” concept that aims at raising awareness on using internet for educational purpose.
On the initiative of the President of Georgia, a Center for Professional Retraining is being constucted in Gldani. The Minister, Dimitri Shashkini observed the ongoing constuction works on site today.
A pretest is conducted in 170 schools throughout Georgia from April 6th to April 13th. Twelfth graders will have opportunity to take pre exam tests before the actual exams.
School students of Tbilisi Public School № 105 performed a play in order
to pay tribute to fallen soldiers of War of August 2008. Mother of
fallen soldier – Vakhtan Gzirishvili attended the play.
Students registered in Summer Job program, should sign a labor agreement
with their employers from April 5 till May 15. Students should bring
with themselves their ID cards. In case of any kind of problems,
students should contact the program administration staff on report@summerjob.ge.
The first stage of public school principle selection contest has started. Computerized exam for candidates willing to become school principals will last until April 12, 2012.
School student-inventors international contest “Leonardo Da Vinci 2012” is getting started. First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Koka Sepherteladze and General Director of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation Sulkhan Sisauri held a briefing for the press and introduced the program and conditions of the contest.
Austrian teachers visited TPDC
to get acquainted with implemented reforms in the education system of Georgia. The
first deputy minister, Koka Seperteladze, welcomed the guests and introduced them
to the on-going and future reforms in the education sector.
41,000 teachers will take certification examinations in 2012. This number
has doubled since last year. All subject teachers, without exception, have the opportunity to take certification exams in the English language and computer skills.
1st graders online registration has started. From April 2 through April 17, registration will only be held for 1st graders registering at the schools where their siblings study or parents work. From April 17 till April 17, registration will be accessible at other schools.
School Resource Officers and representatives of Liberty Bank visited
children with special education needs at Samtredia Boarding School №15
and gave them some presents.
Teacher’s House hosted the conference - “From Shakespeare to Dickens”, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens. The conference was led by British linguists and experts of McMillan Publishing, Luke Prodromo and David Gibson.
Voucher based financing started beginning on March 19. Volunteers willing to acquire vocational education will be granted with 1000GEL vouchers and the opportunity to study at their preferred educational institutions. Students from socially vulnerable families have already started to register.
The number of Armenian and Azeri entrants registered for the National Unified Exams has increased since last year. Most of the Azeri and Armenian entrants decided to continue their study in the new program.
Georgia hosted its first international
conference on inclusive education; the aim of the conference was to discuss inclusive education issues and to provide a forum for sharing international practices.
Minister Dimitri Shashkini
met with the Deputy Minister of Education and Research of Norway, Elisabet Dahle, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to
Georgia and Turkey, Mr. Erling Skønsberg. The Norwegian guests visited
Georgia to attend an international conference on inclusive education.
The Minister met with the students who have been registered for the
students’ summer employment program “Summer Jobs”. The Minister discussed
with them the goals of the program, which was initiated by the President
of Georgia.
For the Unified National Exams this year, 73% of entrants registered to take a foreign language exam in the English language, 17% in Russian,
7% German, and 3% in French.
The Minister, Dimitri
Shashkini talked about the reforms implemented and the main priorities of 2012
at anti crisis council’s session. “The reforms are
being implemented successfully, increasing an access to education, enhancement
of the quality of education, development
of the demanding professions and modern learning facilities are our main
priorities”, - highlighted the... Read More
Online registration
for teacher certification, unified national, high school, and master’s (GRE)
exams are over. 41,000 persons registered for the teacher certification exams; this is twice as much as the previous year.
"Democracy Starts with You!“ held the second South
Caucasus Youth Parliament. Students from Armenia and Georgia voted on a joint declaration that they will present to the European Parliament in Brussels.
Brazilian Senator Cristovam Buarque is paying a visit to Georgia. In the scope of the visit, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia hosted the Brazilian Senator and introduced him to Georgia’s current education reforms.
e-Catalog
of the educational institutions ( public schools) was developed by the Ministry.
The catalog collects information about the public schools throughout Georgia.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini visited Kutaisi Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration and met Armenian language public school principals of the Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe Javakheti regions.
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini visiter Kutaisi Information Center and personally granted 1000 GEL vouchers to several applicants who are starting their vocational education.
The Minister, Dimitri Shashkini, together with the governor of Imereti, Lasha Makatsaria, and the Director of the National Center for Teacher Professional Development, Gia Mamulashvili, opened a new Teacher’s House in Kutaisi.
The registration of potential students of vocational education institutions continues. Today, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Koka Sepherteladze and Minister of Health and Labor Zurab Tchiaberashvili visited vocational college “Ikarosi” and personally granted vouchers to brothers Davit and Konstantine from socially vulnerable family.
Students of Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium attended a public lecture delivered by chair of the Supreme Court and presentation of the online game “Court” as a part of the Civic Education Development program.
The National Democratic Institute has
conducted research in Georgia, which found that 46% of the Georgian population thinks that the level of education in the
country has increased. 71% of the respondents consider that questions of
education are actively discussed by politicians.
Higher educational institutions
of Georgia have joined the Anti-Drug Campaign. Today, the student-government of
Georgian Technical University (GTU) held the campaign “Sport vs Drugs” in the
yard of administrative building of GTU.
Starting in the new academic year, a new
Physica-Mathematical school will be opened in Telavi. The school will start
operation on the basis of the fully rehabilitated Telavi Public School #3.
The registration process for the students’ summer employment program
“Summer Jobs” is going to be closed. Although the registration process was planned to last untill April 20, all vacant positions were filled on the first day of registration.
Voucher based financing will
start from March 19. Volunteers willing to acquire vocational education will be
granted with vouchers in the amount of 1000GEL and opportunity to study at
preferred educational institutions.
Today, students’ registration for the summer employment
program “Summer Jobs” has started. Registration is open from March 20 till April
20 on the website – www.summerjob.ge
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia,
Koka Sepherteladze, attended an event at the Youth Palace. The event was
organized in the scope of Novruz Bayram.
Mikheil Saakashvili met with students of higher and
vocational education institutions and discussed with them the importance of
students’ employment project. The President also highlighted the importance of the voucher based financing system of vocational education.
On March 20, registration for the summer employment program “Summer Jobs” will
start on www.summerjob.ge. In order to raise students’ awareness
about the program and encourage their participation, students of different
higher education institutions organized a Flash Mob show with the participation
of celebrities.
Voucher based financing will
start from March 19. Volunteers willing to acquire vocational education will be
granted with vouchers in the amount of 1000GEL and will have the opportunity to study at their preferred educational institutions.
Certified teachers of natural sciences will take exams in experimental piece of physics,
chemistry and biology and will receive surplus of 75GEL to their salaries.
One
of the priorities of the state is the development of vocational education. Based on the labor market, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia plans more
development of the nations vocational education. Based on the initiative of the Ministry,
everyone can pursue a vocational education and develop his/her skills.
The Week of Art, initiated by SROs for
pupils, continues. Pupils of №24 Public School
visited the I. Chavchavadze Memorial museum. The guests went through memorial staff
and documentaries of the great Georgian author and public figure.
The Minister of
Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini, held a working meeting with
the principals of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Batumi public schools at the Teachers’
House. The Minister discussed issues of 1st grader registration. high school exit exams, and school infrastructure rehabilitation.
Minister of Education and Science
of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini and the Rector of Tbilisi State University, Aleksandre
Kvitashvili, laid the foundation of a new school in the
village Khovle.
An International School of Design will be opened in Georgia as part of the Georgian Technical University. The school will be under the
patronage of the famous automobile designer Giorgetto Giugiuaro.
The Ministry of Education and Science
of Georgia, together with the Ministry of Justice, initiated the contest for the creation of a logo and slogan for the state Anti Drug campaign.
The Ministry program for supporting ethnic minorities in receiving a
higher education continues. This initiative was proposed by the President of
Georgia.
The Mayor of Tbilisi, Gigi Ugulava,
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini, Minister of
Sports and Youth, Lado Vardzelashvili and First Deputy of the Chief Prosecutor
Davit Sakvarelidze met with the family members of drug addicted people and
discussed with them the details of the state Anti Drug Campaign.
The Minister of Education and
Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini, held a meeting with Kanat Sadikov, the Minister of Education of Kyrgyzstan, and introduced him to Georgias current
educational reforms.
The Georgia Central Public Health Reference Laboratory
(CPHRL) is the result of a collaborative effort between the Government of the
United States and the Government of Georgia. The facility was established with
the financial support of the US Department of Defense.
Professors of leading European Universities are delivering
lectures in clinical and basic medicine at Tbilisi State University as part
of a project initiated by the President of Georgia.
Art Week was launched by the initiative of
the school resource officers (SRO). As part of
this celebratory week, resource officers will visit museums together with students from different schools.
The Ministry of Education and Science
of Georgia, with the support of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), is
implementing the project “Supporting Development of Pre-Schools Education
Sector at Local Levels.
The certification process of the staff of the Ministrys Internal Audit Departmenti has concluded. All employees of this staff have successfully passed their required tests. To
recognize their achievement, the Minister, Dimitri Shashkini, personally
awarded a breastplate to the six best employees.
Representatives
of twenty-five international universities are visiting Georgia. Today, Minister of
Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini and other members of
Georgian Government met the foreign guests and discussed with them the concept
of establishing a Technical University in Batumi.
Chairman of the Parliament of
Georgia Davit Bakradze and Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri
Shashkini opened a Language House in the village Iormughanlo of Sagarejo
Municipality and laid the foundation of two new schools in the villages Iormughanlo
and Lambalo.
A Law Olympiad was held
today with the support of the Tbilisi City Court and the Ministry of Education and
Science. Main goals of the Olympiad include establishing ties among prospective lawyers and the court, enhancing
the knowledge of law students and developing their professional skills, and preventing crime.
Project
Harmony Inc. (PH International) in Georgia has been implementing the Applied
Civic Education and Teacher Training Program since 2010. The Program is being operated in collaboration with support
the Ministry of Education and Education and Science of Georgia, with the financial
support of USAID.
In order to prepare
teachers for certification exams, the National Center for Teacher Professional
Development organizes seminars and trainings for teachers throughout Georgia.
Today, the Minister attended a training for experimental methodology and the development
of professional skills.
An exhibition of photos taken by teachers and school students was held in the Tbilisi
Classical Gymnasium. Money gathered from the charity event has been transferred
to the account of the Union of Parents of Oncological- Hematological Patients.
