The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, in cooperation with Georgian Public Broadcaster’s First Channel, and with an active involvement of the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture of the Parliament of Georgia, are launching an educational project titled - Teleskola. Starting March 30, Georgian Public Broadcaster’s Second Channel will be live transmitting lessons for school students. The project envisages the execution of tele-lessons provided by the national curriculum.

Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Ekaterine Dgebuadze held a meeting with the representatives of the Association of Private Schools.

With regards to the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19), and due to the declared state of emergency in the country; the Presidential decree dictates, the teaching process to be continued uninterrupted, and the government be given the right to define necessary changes in terms and conditions for the previously established rules and regulations over the “Early and Preschool Education”, “General Education”, “Vocational Education”, “Special Vocational Education”,  and “Higher Education”.

World Down Syndrome Day was officially recognized in 2011 under the auspices of the United Nations. Georgia for the ninth time joins the World Initiative with a worldwide message - "The decision is up to us".

Due to Coronavirus-related preventive measures and due to the current suspension of the learning process, a decision has been made by the Interagency Coordination Council headed by the Prime Minister, that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia offer the public school administration, teachers and students a technical assistance.

Due to Coronavirus-related preventive measures and due to the current suspension of the learning process, a decision has been made by the Inter-Agency Coordination Council headed by the Prime Minister, that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia offer the public school administration, teachers and students more than 15 different Microsoft Office products, which will further facilitate the execution of interactive lessons online.

Per decision of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, in order to avoid the spread of the new Coronavirus epidemic, based on the recommendations of the Prime Minister’s Interagency Council and the Ministry of Health of Georgia, the terms for receiving applications for Culture Promotion Program competition are being changed.

The deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia – Ekaterine Dgebuadze, together with the head of Educational Police Unit - Gela Geladze and other officials from Psycho-Social Services introduced UNICEF representative - Dr. Ghassan Khalil with the ongoing projects.

With the Prime Minister-led Interagency Coordination Council in place to prevent coronavirus, holidays at educational institutions were prolonged until April 1.

Due to ongoing events related to the high risk of the Corona virus spreading, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports has decided to suspend all sports activities planned for March and April.

With the initiative of the Prime Minister of Georgia - Giorgi Gakharia and the involvement of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, all Georgian citizens are given free access to online bookstore – lit.ge for the duration of one month for books published by Palitra L and Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House. 

Due to the spread of the new Corona virus (COVID - 19) - officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday, many sporting events around the world have been postponed or cancelled indefinitely.

The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Mikheil Chkhenkeli held a meeting with rectors of higher education institutions authorized in Georgia and introduced them to the decisions of the Interagency Council on the new Coronavirus.