Georgian students will compete in the international sports Olympiad

A farewell ceremony was held for the school students who won the school Olympics in handball and futsal, ahead of their departure for the ISF World School Championship. The handball championship will be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, from February 21 to March 1, while the futsal championship will be hosted by the Israeli city of Rishon LeZion from March 13 to March 21.

The girls' team of Poti Public School No. 2, the boys' team of Tskaltubo Public School No. 4, and the boys' team of Tbilisi Public School No. 149 were met by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Lia Gigauri and Minister of Culture and Sport Mikheil Giorgadze, along with other guests of honor.

Prior to their departure for the World School Championship, the teams were presented with national flags.

The Georgian Children and School Sport National Federation, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the Ministry of Culture and Sport, is successfully implementing the large-scale mass sports program "Georgian School Sport Olympiad". In the 2017-2018 academic years, up to 100,000 students from Tbilisi and the regions are involved in the school Olympiad.

The main goal of the Georgian School Sport Olympiad program is to stimulate mass participation of student youth in physical activity and sports, promote the development of school sports, and establish a healthy lifestyle among the younger generation. The competition system of the Olympiad includes both national and international events among school teams: at the national level – municipal, regional, zonal, and final games; and at the international level – ISF World and European School Championships.