George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, together with the Pasteur Institute of France held an International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of phages. About 100 delegates from 25 countries participated in the conference.
Final event of Georgian National Intellectual Championship "Etalon 2016-2017" was held in Batumi. "Etalon 2016-2017" is implemented within the social-educational project "Etalon" and its financial support is the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has participated in the Youth Job Fest. The representatives of the Ministry familiarized the job seekers with vacant positions for interns in the department and provided them with information on vocational education programs and providers. The discussion touched upon the role and importance of vocational education as the shortest way to employment.
Vice Premier of Georgia, Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava, met with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev within the official visit to Azerbaijan. During the meeting, they discussed the necessity of deepening cooperation between countries in sphere of education and science.
A joint event of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and Informational Medical-Psychological Center “Tanadgoma” was held, where the results of the pilot project – “Promotion to introduction of lessons on healthy lifestyle within the subject “Citizenship” in Tbilisi schools” - were summarized.
The summer camp of pupils took start on June 21, 2017 and will continue until September, 2017. The first camps are hosted by Baxwood International School in Tskneti.
In July 2017, every Wednesday and Friday, from 13:00 p.m. to 15:00 p.m., the information meetings about the Fulbright Graduate Student Program for the 2018-2019 academic years will be held.
Public college “Spectrum” opened a new training-center on the basis of company “Artisans’ City”, where dual education will be piloted in the direction of “Carpenter”, “Artistic Processing of Wood” and “Furniture Designing Specialties”.
The project of retraining has been launched for the representatives of those companies providing public school catering facilities. Within the framework of the new project, all business operators of the public schools, i.e. the persons responsible for the healthy nutrition of the schoolchildren, will be retrained by the end of the current year.
The University City equipped with the largest, state-of-the-arts infrastructure and the newest laboratories in the Caucasus region will be built in Kutaisi.
The specialists of the International Technical University of Munich (TUM International) will develop the Kutaisi University Complex development plan, academic and research programs together with the Georgian side. Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia - Teimuraz Murgulia and Managing Director of International Technical University of Munich - Daniel Gottschald signed the relevant document today.