Owing to the Decree of the Government of Georgia, for the academic year of 2018-2019, the annual state grant scholarship for a 60-credit teacher educational program, has been amounted to 1,498,500 GEL.

Within the scope of the priority educational programs, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport continues to support the funding of students enrolled in the corresponding course in the 2018-2019 academic year.

Mikheil Batiashvili informed the members of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Georgian Parliament regarding the reforms planned by the Ministry for the coming future, and emphasized, that its implementation is already underway. Additionally, he stated that the involvement of all stakeholders, including the legislative body is crucial to the entire process.

Mikheil Batiashvili - the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia presented the Educational Training Programs at the government session today, which will facilitate the introduction of young and talented teachers to the education system and, hence enable the development of the general education platform.

Mikheil Batiashvili - the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia presented the issue of grant funding of the graduate and postgraduate students at the government meeting. The new initiative will give talented students the opportunity to receive higher education though state support.

On August 10, at exactly 17:00, U18 European Handball Championship will officially open at Tbilisi Olympic Palace venue, where 11 teams from across the continent will face each other, with the competition launching with a match between the hosts and Finland. The match will start at 17:30. Additionally, the group features Belarus, Italy and Greece, with two winners of the group set to advance to the semifinals.

The European Archery Grand Prix was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the Georgian Women’s National Team was held victorious. The national team was composed of the vice world champion Kristine Esabua, and a mother-daughter duo - Khatuna Narimanidze, and Tsiko Putkaradze.

The review of the draft law on "Physical Education and Sports" has moved to the western regions of Georgia. Ozurgeti, Batumi, Zugdidi and Kutaisi hosted four workshops. Public discussions about the draft law are initiated by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, in cooperation with the Sport and the Committee on Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgian Parliament. Parallel to the discussions on the newly crafted draft law, the "Strategy for Accessibility and Development of Mass Sport" will be discussed as well.

ACES Europe – European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation has granted Batumi a city of Sport status for 2019. Batumi is the first city in Georgia, which applied to the organization. A special commission visited Georgia in July for the inspection purposes. The ACES Europe Commission, headed by the federal President – Francesco Lupatelli, visited several sport facilities during his visit and evaluated the current situation.