Ekaterine Dgebuadze, Deputy Minister of
Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, together with Maia
Bagration-Gruzinski, the Co-Founder of Innovations for Inclusive Society and
Irma Khabazi of Open Society Foundation Georgia, organized a conference on
"Supporting Transition for All Children in School". The event was
also attended by Kakhaber Gvantseladze - Head of Tbilisi Kindergarten
Management Agency.
The main purpose of the conference was to
introduce the newly adopted approaches and methodology to the representatives
of the pre-school and primary education system.
The conference participants, international
and local experts, shared their experiences, analyzed the practices and outcomes,
in conjunction with presenting a transition regulation vision on a newly
developed methodological guide.
During the event, international expert on
transition issues - Juliette Hancock introduced the public to the main focuses
of transition support mechanisms. Representatives of the Ministry of Education,
Science, Culture and Sport, as well as local government officials, school and
preschool faculty members spoke about their role and perspectives within the
process implementation.
The conference was organized with the involvement of the
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, with the support
of Non-governmental organization - Open Society Foundations Georgia.