Presentation at the Vocational Training Center for Information Technologies
Minister of Education and Science Dimitri Shashkin attended the presentation of the websites of 12 vocational training centers at the Information Technology Vocational Training Center and awarded students who won an international competition. The development of the websites at the center was carried out within the framework of the "Subprogram for the Institutional Development of Vocational Training Centers" under the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia's program "Promotion of Vocational Education", and was worked on by the students of the Information Technology Vocational Training Center. This is their first professional work.
The websites will enable vocational training centers to easily provide all interested parties with information about news and planned events at the center, as well as educational programs, and student admissions and graduations.
Within the framework of the event, the Minister of Education and Science became acquainted with the center's training laboratories and auditoriums. The event was attended by directors of 12 vocational training centers operating across Georgia and employers of the graduates.
The Information Technology Vocational Training Center was established in 2007. Its profile is Information and Communication Technologies, and the following specialties are taught: Information Technology, Computer Systems and Networks, Web Technologies, Multimedia Technologies, Electronic and Telecommunications Networks. Already 1,200 applicants have been retrained at the center using updated programs. A large portion of them have already been employed in various high-paying jobs. Currently, around 350 vocational students are studying at the center.
The center actively cooperates with various companies: Magticom, Alta, Orient Logic, United Telecom, InfogeorgiaXXI, UGT, UNIT, Prime Systems, Bakur Sulakauri Studio, I Stereo, Pixel, GSC, Satellite Geocom, IT Service, Siesta and others, where students undergo industrial internships and subsequently get employed.
International certification and training centers based on CISCO and Microsoft operate within the center. In 2009, the center was recognized as the best IT education provider in Georgia by the Information and Communication Technology Business Council of Georgia and the Government Commission for the Promotion of Electronic Governance.
