The Minister discussed vocational education issues with the Swiss delegation
Mikheil
Chkhenkeli โ the minister of Education and Science of Georgia, held a meeting
with the director of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation โ Manuel
Zager, the head of Eurasia Division of the Agency โ Claudio Toniola, Ambassador
of Switzerland to Georgia โ Lucas Bellinger, director of Swiss Cooperation in
South Caucasus โ Olivier Burke, and the head of Swiss Economic Development
Program in Georgia โ Beka Tagauri. The meeting focused on the ongoing changes
in the education sector and the growing role of vocational education in this
process.
The
parties shared their views on the ways in which vocational education can fit
the needs of the private sector, thus contributing to the reduction of
unemployment amongst young people and increasing their income.
Switzerland
has been working closely with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
in the field of vocational education.
