The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Mr. Dimitri Shashkini, accompanied by high-from students from the physics-mathematics focused boarding school Komarovi, visited a new training-research lab in Georgia’s Technical University. In this unique lab, the schoolchildren conducted simple experiments in physics and were introduced to the most recent and modern experimenting techniques.

Several days ago, the Chairman of the Parliament, Davit Bakradze, opened a renovated physics training lab at the Georgia Technical University. The modern equipment of this new physics lab enables students to conduct nearly 80 laboratory works in the fields of Mechanics, Molecular Physics, Electronics, Optics and Electronic Physics, and Atomic Physics.

Every student is allowed to conduct training-research work at the lab, as well as simple experiments in physics. The lab should also be of interest for school teachers who will have opportunities to utilize its new technologies; for instance, public school physics teachers will be permitted to use the lab in order to enhance their qualifications.

The development of Exact and Natural Sciences instruction is one of the priorities of Georgia's educational reforms. To achieve this end, the teaching of technical subjects is very intensive in national schools. To encourage higher-quality instruction, schools and higher educational institutions are being equipped with training-research labs.

In the last period, with financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, the Georgian Technical University opened a different kind of unique training-research lab. For schoolchildren and their teachers who are interested in the field of Exact and Natural Sciences, a new Sunday school will soon be opening.