Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University celebrated 95th anniversary of famous Georgian historian Mariam Lortkipanidze today with scientific conference – “Mariam Lortkipanidze - 95”.

For the first time this year Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service are implementing the joint scholarship program „Rustaveli-DAAD“.

Board of Directors of public and private schools meet every month and discuss the issues that are urgent for all schools of Georgia, including the problematic issues that unite the certain schools; exactly discussing each of them and seeking ways to solve them is the purpose of the Board. Subsequent session was held in Tbilisi Public School № 117 and was led by the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava.

Free lessons were successfully implemented in Tbilisi 60^th Public School, within the frameworks of which pupils carried out the projects - “Decoupage i.e. renewal of old things” and “Creation of Hand-made Books”. They breathed new life into the old, damaged and useless things, renewed them and brought them back to their functions, made plots, illustrations and constructed little books with their own hands. Lia Gigauri, Deputy Minister of Education and Science was introduced to the activities of the pupils and she reviewed their work made within the scope of the project.

In the course of revision of the National Curriculum, it is very important to discuss the revised National Curriculum with different interested groups. School pupils belong that huge group, which are directly applied by the changes in the National Curriculum. Hence, it is essential to introduce them to the news related to the National Curriculum and to hear their opinions about this issue in order to form really active teaching programs.

Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Aleksandre Jejelava hosted a high-level delegation of the US Peace Corps and the US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly. The Peace Corps delegation was represented under the guidance of the Acting Associate Director Sheila Crowley. Among the members of the delegation was Matt McKinney, a representative of the Peace Corps at the White House.

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).