The students of chemistry-bio-chemistry and computer engineering at San Diego State University Georgia held a meeting with up to 70 school pupils of ethnic minorities. The students presented chemical experiments and creative games which are used at the American university during the study process.
There are several important projects initiated by the minister of Education and Science of Georgia currently being implemented in a pilot regime. The activities and recent news related to these projects became the main topic of the meeting held by Lia Gigauri, deputy minister of Education and Science and Mariam Jashi, head of the parliamentary committee of education and science.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia launched a new large-scale project Free Lessons to facilitate improvement of the quality of education, increase motivation of children to study, expand opportunities for informal education and contribute to creating an interesting and creative school life.
For the first time in the history of Georgia, the management authority of the European Football organized UEFA Summit in Georgia. The presidents of football federations from 14 countries, the representatives of the ministries of education, sport and youth affairs attended the summit.
The Millennium Challenge Account has announced a winner team of the Millennium Innovation Competition, which will travel to NASA in the United States and take part in the Educational Program of the Cosmic Center University. Independent Experts Commission has announced three best teams of senior pupils, who have presented projects in innovations, new technologies and natural sciences. Second and third place teams were awarded with prizes, and the first place team will travel to NASA in the United States in 2017 and take part in an educational program of the Cosmic Center University.
By initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, every pupil will be given an opportunity to reveal his/her talent in different fields of art. Artistic circles will be established in schools and interesting lessons of art will be conducted, as it is important for the school pupils to get interested in art and to develop harmoniously.
Subsequent winter school of “Civic Initiatives Platform” was held, during which Aleksandre Jejelava met with the school pupils and delivered a lecture on topic “Education and Leadership”.
The pupils participating in the Civic Education Program “Future Generation” presented the photo exhibition of the projects fulfilled by them. Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Lia Gigauri, the spouses of US Congressmen, director of the Civic Education Program “Future Generation”, Director of Georgian Office of “PH International” and the representatives of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) attended the exhibition.
Tbilisi Public School №51 joined the initiative of the Government to introduce healthy lifestyle in schools and started the school competitions in 12 kinds of sport. The tournaments will be held during one month and almost all pupils of school will be involved in it. The Olympiad was solemnly opened today. Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Aleksandre Jejelava, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Tariel Khechikashvili, the representatives of the sports federations and the Olympic champions attended the opening ceremony and several sports events.
On February 23-24, the IV Session of the International Supervisory Board was held at Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The member of the Board, the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, the Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava opened the meeting.