US funds complete rehabilitation of 12 Georgian public schools
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Twelve public schools in Georgia’s regions have undergone complete rehabilitation using funds from an American foreign aid agency.
The targeted schools were in eastern Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Shida Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions and the funds came from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
The US support was part of the second MCC Compact, which provided financial support to develop Georgia’s education system.
A rehabilitated school. Photo by MCA-Georgia.
Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia (MCA-Georgia), responsible for the implementation of the Compact, said 18 more schools in the same regional areas would also be rehabilitated in the near future, while more schools would also benefit from the foreign aid.
About 100 schools in other Georgian regions will also see complete rehabilitation through the Compact,” MCA-Georgia said.
A classroom of a rehabilitated school. Photo by MCA-Georgia.
Georgia started implementing its first $395 million US MCC Compact in 2007 and this finished in 2011. The first Compact mainly focused on infrastructural development.
Georgia gained its second Compact, worth $140 million, in 2013 for education. From this money over five years $76 million will be spent on general education, $16 million on vocational education and $30 million on higher education.
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is ready to implement its second compact in Georgia with the intention of improving the quality of education in science, technology and engineering.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is praising the United States’ (US) contribution to improving Georgia’s education system.
About 20,000 teachers and all school principals in Georgia will soon be able to better manage educational process using funds from the United States (US) government.
About 40,000 children in Georgia will soon learn at modern school environment thanks to the United States (US) government. The US government has invested $54 million USD (about 129 million GEL) to fully renovate and equip public schools across Georgia.
Kvirikashvili today met 500 teachers from different schools across the country to celebrate World Teacher’s Day with them in advance. World Teacher’s Day is observed annually on October 5.
Thirty Georgian schools have been fully rehabilitated thanks to funding allocated by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), improving education environment for more than 10,000 pupils.
The rehabilitation of these 30 schools will ensure that 15,200 students have a better environment for studying. 15 million USD will be allocated for renovation works.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent US government foreign aid agency, has deemed its cooperation with the Georgian government ‘excellent’ and welcomed the successful implementation of the second compact.
The Government of Switzerland has allocated $6 million dollars to Georgia, which will be invested in agriculture and vocational training programmes.