Students will assist those affected by the natural disaster

Within the framework of the “Summer Job” program, the majority of students employed in the Kakheti region have expressed their desire to participate in cleanup works.

Out of the 25,000 students employed during the summer holidays, over 800 students registered for the vacancies allocated in the Kakheti region. For one month, they were supposed to perform various pre-selected tasks of different categories, but due to the events that unfolded in Kakheti, they will provide assistance to the affected population.

Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Khatia Dekanoidze met with the students employed within the “Summer Job” program in Telavi and thanked them for their goodwill.

Within the framework of the program initiated by the President, students were employed in up to seventy fields – state institutions, the business and non-governmental sectors, law firms, museums, hospitals, self-governing bodies, etc. State agencies and the private sector are involved in the presidential project.

The “Summer Job” student summer employment program initiated by the President of Georgia was launched throughout the territory of Georgia during the summer holidays on July 20, 2012, and will last until August 20. Undergraduate students of authorized universities in Georgia are participating in it, and their salary is 500 GEL.