In relation to World Down Syndrome Day Lia Gigauri, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, visited pupils with Down syndrome at Tbilisi Public School No 198. She took part in the activities dedicated to this day alongside with them.

There was a presentation held of “World 2017”, an annual publication of the journal “Economist”, as well as a conference on education issues, organized by “Georgia Today Group”.

Lia Gigauri, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, attended awards ceremony at a final round of a contest “Photosynthesis” and Niko Ketskhoveli Prize 2017. Various prizes were given to schoolchildren there.

Central Eurasian Leaders Alliance (CELA) is conducting a two-day regional conference in Georgia under the title – The Role of Innovations in the 21st century Georgia. Aleksandre Jejelava, vice prime minister and minister of education and Science of Georgia opened the conference.

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.

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia is the first state authority to sign a sectoral agreement with the free trade union.

There are number of ongoing pilot projects taking place under the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science. Lia Gigauri, deputy minister of Education and Science held a meeting with school directors in Borjomi to review these initiatives and to support the directors in creating an efficient and child-oriented environment at their schools.

IX graders visited Akhaltsikhe Castle within the framework of Free Lessons. The excursion was dedicated to the topic – Georgian history and Samtskhe Javakheti. The pupils from four public schools also toured the historical museum of Samtskhe Javakheti.