Deputy Minister of Education and Science Irine Kurdadze and Deputy Gamgebeli of Gori Zurab Khorguashvili awarded 50 successful students with golden medals at Gori Public School №7 in the frame of the Supporting Gifted and Talented Youth Programme.

School students of Gori district performed well in the high school leaving exams. Some of them got the highest scores and are among the most successful schoolchildren in Georgia. For this achievement, they received portable computers from the President of Georgia. In 2010-2011, Gori district has 46 golden and 63 silver medal holders.

On the initiative of the President of Georgia, the Ministry of Education and Science  implements “Sub-programme for Awarding the Best students with Medals”, in the frame of this program , in total, 877 golden and 1122 silver medals  was prepared for 2010-2011 academic year.

The criteria for selecting the medal candidates are regulated by the National Curriculum. Each medal has the name of the owner and the year of graduation scripted on it.