The project “Book Buddy”, initiated by MES, is still running in the public schools of Georgia.

As a part of this project, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Dimitri Shashkini, and the Minister of Finance of Georgia, Dimitri Gvindadze, visited Tbilisi public school №51, met second graders, and spoke to them on the importance of developing reading skills.

The Minister of Finance, together with the schoolchildren, read fables of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani and provided them with extracurricular literature. He also donated to the school library a collection of literature of famous Georgian writers and poets.

The project “Book Buddy” is designed to develop reading, listening and analytic skills among the schoolchildren and support the popularization of reading.
According to the concept of the project, writers, famous public figures and volunteers read the extra-curriculum literature for the junior school students and afterward hold discussions on this material. Similar projects are being implemented in many countries of the world with participation of public figures, writers and politicians.