The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini met 100 English teachers from USA, Canada and European countries at Tbilisi International Airport.

In the scope of the program “Teach and Learn with Georgia” the teachers will work at public schools of Imereti and Shida Kartli regions after passing the training. From the new academic year, they will teach the schoolchildren English language together with the local teachers.

The first group of foreign teachers arrived in Georgia on July 30. They will teach the English language at public schools of Adjara. The second group arrived to Georgia on August 14. Those teachers will work in Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti.

By the announcement of Dimitri Shashkini, “Teach and Learn with Georgia” is one of the most important projects in education system. With the help of the program schoolchildren will improve their English by people-to-people communication.

Totally, 1,000 native English speaker teachers will arrive in Georgia.