The project aims at strengthening the General Education within the penitentiary establishments under the patronage of Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assitance of Georgia. In particular, the programme focuses on the provision of opportunities of getting General Education within the Juvenile Penitentiary Establishment of Department of Corrections and Women’s and 5^th Juvenile  General and Strict Penitentiary Establisments.

Within the framework of the project all juvenile convicts from the above-mentioned penitentiary establishments will be given an opportunity to study all those necessary subjects for General Education considered by the National Curriculum even when being in a very specific environment.

The Actuality of the Programme

In accordance with the Constution of Georgia and the Law on General Education of Georgia the state has to provide the openness of General Education and equal accessibility for every citizen lifelong. 

It is noteworthy that the educational environment within the penitentiary establishments should match with that functioning in the country to give a possibility to any convict to pursue studies on any level after releasing from prison.