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Intellectual Contest “Day of Intellect 2015” has finished
Today, finals of the largest intellectual contest “Day of Intellect 2015 was held at club “Triumph”. 71 winner schools of the first municipal round of the contest will reveal the most intellectual school of 2015. The Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Lia Gigauri and the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia Tariel Khechikashvili attended the event. Giorgi Mosidze, a president of the Intellect Club “What? Where? When?” was leading the final round.
Fourth Annual Conference- Exhibition of Civic Education Teachers
Conference-exhibition of Civic Education Teachers’ Forum was opened today. The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze, a director of Caucasus Mission of US Agency for International Development (USAID) Steven Heykin and a director of Civic Education program Marina Ushveridze welcomed the participants of the conference.
The memorandum was signed between the governments of Georgia and Estonia
Collaboration memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia and foundation “Inove”. The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze, Deputy Secretary General of the General and Vocational Education of Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia Mart Laidmets and the head of council of foundation Inove Birgit Lao Peretso signed the memorandum.
The second stage of public school principals’ contest- Nomination of Candidates for the public school board directors continues
Only those candidates will be interviewed who hold the certificate of obtaining right to be a director and who filled the applications on the website www.directos.mes.gov.ge. See the attache schedule of the interviews.
Workshop with the representatives of private schools
By the initiative of Independent School Association, another workshop was held with the representatives of private schools. Several important issues were discussed on the meeting, including new scheme for vocational development of teachers and joint aims regarding improvement of learning-teaching quality.
Universal Electronic Registration of the 1st graders will start on May 15
Universal electronic registration of the 1st graders will start on May 15, 2015, and last to June 9. Registration window will open at 09:00 on the website of information system (www.emis.ge) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (www.mes.gov.ge) .
First-time entry of School Resource Officers to certain schools
School Resource Officers will enter seven public schools in certain regions of Kvemo Kartli for the first time and start doing their duty. These regions are: Marneuli, Bolnisi and Gardabani. Today the Georgian Minister of Education and Science, together with representatives of the Office of Resource Officers of educational institutions, met school resource officers and wished them success.
The winners of the competition “Leonardo da Vinci” will be travelling to the USA
The winners of Young Inventors’ Competition “Leonardo da Vinci”, comprising Georgian pupils, will participate in the world’s biggest competition in science and engineering – the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) held in Pittsburgh, USA. The Georgian pupils travelled to the United States this morning. At the fair their inventions will be introduced to representatives of different countries.
Online registration for the Worldskills conference has started
Worldskills, the international competition of vocational skills in which the Georgian team also participates (professions: cooking, hairdressing, restaurant service, welding, web design and floristics), will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 11-16 August, 2015.
Foreign experts share their experience with us
Lia Gigauri, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Education and Science met the International Expert Group for Civic education. The International Expert Group is on a working visit in Georgia. Within the framework of the visit, they are assisting the Ministry of Education and Science in the process of revising the Civic Education syllabus of the national curriculum, sharing their experience with the Ministry and the representatives of public educational institutions, as well as giving recommendations in order to devise approaches and policies appropriate for teaching civic education effectively.Nationwide Online Registration of first graders
Nationwide online registration of first graders for the academic year 2015-2016 will start on May 15 – at 9 a.m. The registration process take place on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science as well as on the website of Education Management Information System, and it will finish on June 9 – at 8 p.m.
University Clinic operates at full stretch
In March 2015 the first multifunctional University Clinic, staffed by high-ranking professionals, began functioning. Here, along with theoretical knowledge, students and residents acquire practical skills, and as for the academic staff, they have a unique opportunity to conduct research. Today the Georgian Minister of Education and Science visited the clinic and familiarized herself with its operation,. She met students and talked to patients and also witnessed the first new-born of the clinic.
Pupils were awarded in the framework of European Week
Today, at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, and in the framework of European Week, an event dedicated to Europe Day took place. Among the invited guests were representatives of the executive and legislative branches, diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia, and also representatives of international and local organizations.
The unprecedented project of the development of the biomedicine center
In order to develop the Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, the center together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has devised a long-term program which aims to offer the staff a pay rise, develop the infrastructure, equip the center with up-to-date facilities and support important scientific works.
Session of inter-agency commission
The second session of the inter-agency commission responsible for determination of the propriety of changes made in the law about “Recognition of education obtained on occupied territories” was held at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The session was chaired by Lia Gigauri, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Education and Science.
The implementation of nurse’s offices at schools continues
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia continues the process of introducing nurse’s offices at schools and providing them with equipment. Today, Minister Tamar Sanikidze visited Tbilisi Public School #9 and familiarized herself with the operation of both the renovated nurse’s office and the school physician.
Announcement of the Ministry
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia expresses gratitude towards the organizer of the anti-bully campaign – the direction of Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium - and all the pupils and teachers who participated in the campaign. Bullying, be it children or anyone else, is a big problem which all of us should unite against. The Ministry joins the campaign, promises to support the initiative of the First Classical Gymnasium, and appeals to schools to join the campaign and express their attitude towards bullying.
May 4 is International Anti-Bullying Day
On May 4, International Anti-Bullying Day is celebrated. Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium joined in the celebration and unveiled its anti-bully campaign. Tamar Sanikidze, the Georgian Minister of Education and Science, attended the event and joined in the protest.
The commission for studying Dismissals on the Grounds of Political Views presented its report
The commission for studying dismissals of the staff of public schools and education resource centers on the grounds of political views presented its bi-annual report. The presentation was attended by the Georgian Minister of Education and Science – Tamar Sanikidze, parliamentarians, diplomats, and representatives of different organizations specialising in human rights protection.Announcement of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
The Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has finished working on the report of the National Center of Manuscripts, which has already been sent to the Center. In accordance with the procedures determined by the law, the center ought to present their opinions about the report by the Audit Department within 10 days, after which a reconciled and approved report will be publicized.
“Education Quality Certification in Accordance with ISO Standards” is under discussion
With the help of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), new projects which involve certification in quality management (according to the ISO International Standards) in order to support vocational institutions, might be launched at the National Center for Education Quality Enhancement of the Ministry of Education and Science.No news found.