High-school graduates presented interesting and innovative projects for the joint scholarship competition of Ilia State University and business forum “Forbes” for the high-school graduates registered on unified national examinations. Among them 3 winners were announced:

“"Our victory depends on the faith and hope that you give us”, “these words said from your little hearts mean a lot to us“, „I’m happy that as great people as you and your friends worry about us”… This is the beginning of the response letters received by the pupils of Georgian-American High School from the soldiers being in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. The young people sent the letters to the Georgian peacekeepers several months ago within the framework of the project – “Letters for Soldiers”.

The Media Technologies Laboratory and Students’ TV were opened at the Faculty of Engineering Economic, Media Technologies and Social Sciences of Georgian Technical University. Within the framework of the laboratory, students, professors and all interested people, along with the strengthening of the practical component of the learning process, will also be given the opportunity to create the products required for the media market (not only).

Discussions about the effective measures, that would assist the pupils in improvement of their achievements and in general enhancement of the quality of school education, were held on the second day of the conference dedicated to the main challenges of the school education.

Through invitation of the Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership (ECEAP) and the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia, within the framework of the project “Experience of Estonian Reform and Solicitation of Estonian Experts in Eastern Partnership Countries”, the representatives of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia visited Estonia, where the best experience of formation and development of functions of the internal audit were carried out and methodology, approaches and work documents introduced in practice were provided.

Conclusive - summary training regarding the project of the psychological service center of the Office of the Resource Officers of the Educational Institution – “Child Abuse” was held in Akhaltsikhe. Deputy Minister of Education and Science Lia Gigauri delivered the certificates to the participants. The main goal of the project was prevention of violence, identification of cases of child abuse, reaction and implementation of reference procedures. Target groups (beneficiaries) were composed of the resource officers throughout Georgia, as well as deputy directors / directors of such educational institutions (schools), where there the Office of Resource Officers is not presented.

Vocational College “Spectrum” has been fully adapted for the students with disabilities. The ramps, adaptated bathrooms for persons using wheelchairs, sensory paths, railings, staircases and railings signs, contrasting zones, handles, doors for blind people and people with weak eyesight were installed. The laboratories were also equipped, the first phase of rehabilitation of student dormitory was completed and the repair and equipment will be started soon in the college. First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Ketevan Natriashvili visited the implemented infrastructural projects.

Within the framework of the project “Advancement of Vocational TVET Programs of in Georgian Civil Aviation”, the Georgian Aviation University has held a conference in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science. The aim of the conference was to advance the vocational TVET programs of the Georgian Civil Aviation and to introduce the opportunities of private sector involvement in vocational education for the business sector.

A working meeting was held in the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia for the purpose of inclusive education monitoring. At the meeting, the organization “Dea” introduced the outcomes of the research carried out through support of the European Union to the representatives of the international and local NGOs, and presented the updated tools / questionnaires of monitoring.