Mikheil Chkhenkeli held a meeting with the Minister of Education of Israel – Naftali Bennet
Whilst
paying an official visit to Israel, the Minister of Education and Science of
Georgia - Mikheil Chkhenkeli met with the Minister of Education of Israel -
Naftali Bennett. The Minister congratulated the Minister with the jubilee of
70th anniversary since the creation of the State of Israel. The sides discussed
the issue of enhancing the existing of cooperation between the two countries in
the field of education and particularly in science.
Mikheil Chkhenkeli
has informed the colleague about the current and planned science projects in
Georgia. The introduction of young teachers to the educational system strategy
was amongst the first topic to be emphasized during the discussion. The Israeli
minister noted that youth organizations that are actively engaged in school
life especially in informal education, play in important role in the
development of the education system.
Moreover, the ministers talked about moving forward to a more close cooperation
in terms of higher education. It needs to be noted, that in this regard,
negotiations have started with Bar-Ilan University, enabling scientists and
researchers from both countries to conduct joint projects.
Naftali Bennet
underlined the centuries-old friendship between Georgia and Israel and stressed
that enhancing the cooperation at all levels is of utmost important for the
state of Israel.
Additionally,
Mikheil Chkhenkeli introduced Georgia’s plan to his colleague, according to
which, the Georgian-Jewish friendship will be presented to the UNESCO World
Intangible Cultural Heritage list. This fact is a unique precedent in the
history of humankind when friendship between nations will be granted the status
of the world's intangible cultural heritage.
