World Teachers’ Day celebrated in Georgia
Giorgi Tchautchidze, a teacher from the Marneuli public school #2 in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli became the winner of the National Teacher Prize. Photo: Education Ministry/Facebook
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Georgia joined in the World Teachers' Day celebrations in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi yesterday.
Giorgi Tchautchidze, a teacher from the Marneuli public school #2 in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli became the winner of the National Teacher Prize.
Photo: Education Ministry/Facebook
Education Minister Mikheil Batiashvili congratulated the teachers with their professional day and promised to take more care of them.
The National Teacher Prize is part of the global campaign aimed at revealing successful teachers and promotion of their profession.
President of the United Nations General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande released a video address on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day:
The World Teachers’ Day, which is held annually on October 5 since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.
Saturday’s #WorldTeachersDay reminds us that young teachers need to be qualified & supported to provide inclusive quality #education for all.
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) October 5, 2019
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Georgia established its National Teacher Prize in 2017. Georgian civil education teacher Vladimer (Lado) Apkhazava was the first to receive the prize that year.
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Khatuna Razmadze, a teacher from St. George’s International School, has won the National Teacher Award of Georgia. Razmadze, a teacher of mathematics was named among five best Georgian teachers and has been awarded 10,000 GEL.
Roland Shavadze, an English language teacher in the Mekeidzeebi village public school in western Georgia’s Khulo municipality, was named the teacher of the year in the country on Wednesday.
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