The Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Nodar Surguladze, and the Deputy Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Guram Mesabishvili, presented personal “Lenovo” computers to 110 tenth graders of the Samegrelo region. As part of the program “My First Computer,” initiated by the President of Georgia, Nodar Surguladze also presented personal computers to the successful schoolchildren. The ceremony was held in the second public school of Zugdidi.

This project is being implemented as part of the President’s National Program, “My First Computer.” The program is designed to encourage the development of teaching and learning methodologies based on IT technologies by awarding successful students with personal computers (notebooks/computers).

The schoolchildren were defined as the stakeholders of the program in 2011. They finished the basic level of 2010/2011 academic years successfully. In total, 1,108 successful schoolchildren have been presented with computers throughout Georgia.