Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

Preparation Works for the New Academic Year

19.08.2011

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia is getting ready for the new 2011-2012 academic year. From the new academic year lots of technological, infrastructural changes will be put into action. Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dimitri Shashkini held a presentation of these initiatives for the press.

350 Public Schools throughout Georgia will be rehabilitated by the beginning of the new academic year;
12 new schools will began functioning
2 professional colleges will be opened in Poti and Kobuleti
Teachers’ House will start operation in Tbilisi
All 1^st graders and their teachers throughout Georgia will get 60 000 net-books
Schoolchildren from vulnerable families will be provided with textbooks free of charge
1000 successful schoolchildren will be awarded portable computers
- e-Schools – modern electronic information system will be installed at schools. The schools of Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi will have electronic class journals and schedules, schoolchildren’s data base. Modern system will be a key to school’s electronic administration. Parents will have the chance to get information online.
- From 1^st to 6^th grade new textbooks will be used in education process. These textbooks are approved by Ministry and its cost is 10 GEL;
- Teaching of English language with McMillan textbooks will begin in the 1^st grade;
- The schools will be provided with 10 000 new desks and boards;
- Smart Boards will also be provided to schools;
- In the scope of the program “Einstein” the schools are provided with 900 natural science laboratories

Above mentioned initiatives are implemented in the frame of the Strategy Plan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia for the years 2010-2015. The reforms that Ministry undertakes are aimed to upgrade education system of Georgia to the international level.