Teachers who have reached retirement as part of education reform, who have decided to leave the profession on a voluntary basis, will receive a one-time monetary reward from the state in 2019 - a two-year total salary.

The 12-member jury, composed of directors, production artists, actors, producers and film critics, made the decision on a secret ballot.

A tourism school will be opened in Sairme in cooperation with the UN World Tourism Organization and the Swiss Host School SHL to develop tourism and hospitality industries in Georgia.

Irina Abuladze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia visited summer schools of science and English, in conjunction with meeting with students and getting acquainted with works of the young inventors.

The relevant departments of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia have reviewed IDFI's report on the National Wrestling Federation of Georgia. In this regard we explain and present our own position regarding the matter:

The Big Idea Challenge enables contestants from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to share their innovative ideas with the general public around the world. The contest is of video nature and based on it more than 300 projects have been created specifically for the competition, including 53 from Georgia.

On July 17, the National Museum of Georgia launched a three-day training seminar on "Protection of Cultural Heritage in times of crisis." Levan Kharatishvili, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, welcomed the participants, organizers and speakers. He emphasized the need for such trainings, as both Georgia and the whole world are constantly facing new challenges in the field of cultural heritage protection and it is essential that experts in the field share the latest approaches and international experience.

According to data from Web of Science, one of the largest scientific databases in the world, Georgian scientists and research publications have the highest citation index among post-Soviet countries, which is a major international success of Georgian scientists and confirms the high level of their research, the validity and high competitiveness of scientific papers.

The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Mikheil Batiashvili and the Director General of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia - Zviad Gabisonia held a presentation - "New step towards integration in European scientific space" by joining EURAXESS.

The EIC Roadshow pilot event was held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency. Supported by the European Union, The event, hosted by the Georgian Agency for Innovation and Technology, featured research projects from universities and research institutes, SMEs, nanotechnologies, climate change SMEs / start-ups, and so forth. 

"Today we have witnessed the most important announcement for the development of Georgian sport, today the International Basketball Association board of directors, have announced that Georgia will indeed host the group matches for the European 2021 Basketball Championship.” – Stated Mikheil Batiashvili today, at the special briefing.

From the 2019-2020 academic year, Iakob Gogebashvili's "Deda Ena" will return to the schools with an adapted version and will become an important teaching resource along with the existing textbooks.

In his speech, during the presentation of the adapted “Deda Ena” by I. Gogebashvili in Variani, the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Minister - Mikheil Batiashvili emphasized the importance of the book to the nation and to its ultimate vitality to the survival of the Georgian language.