State Security Service hosting students in classes on national, int’l threats
The summer School project is supported by the British Embassy and Georgia’s ministries of Justice and Education. Photo: SSS
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Students from universities across Georgia are being hosted in the latest season of Security School, a project by the country’s State Security Service, to learn about subjects including domestic and international threats and challenges.
The body said on Tuesday the fourth season of the classes was being hosted in the eastern Kvareli municipality, with 22 students from the closing year of bachelor’s degree studies and master’s degree majors picked.
Officials from state security bodies and experts will teach the participants about the subjects, while also learning about self-defence and undergoing physical training over two weeks of classes.
The summer School project is supported by the British Embassy and Georgia’s ministries of Justice and Education.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday laid the symbolic foundation for the ₾40 million ($15 mln) project of building a military lyceum in the Krtsanisi district of capital Tbilisi to serve the eastern section of the country’s defence structure, the Government press office said.
The Georgian Defence Forces have new recruits now, who pledged their allegiance in Akhalkalaki, a town in Georgia's southern region, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
Author talks, readings of literature and exhibition and sale of books will be in the programme awaiting visitors of Ze-Kartan, a festival hosted in the mountainous parts of western Georgia’s Adjara region in September.
The Georgian Defence Ministry will aim to “raise the patriotic spirit”, promote healthy lifestyle and awareness of the country’s armed forces among the young generations by offering school students a summer Army Camp programme.
The fourth season of the Security School, a project by the country’s State Security Service aimed to raise awareness of security threats, concluded on Saturday, with Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the Service, awarding the participant students with certificates.
The Georgian State Security Service on Friday said units involving 150 professionals from various state agencies of the country had received “high evaluation” in an exercise organised by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency for coordinated, inter-agency work against chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear threats in various crisis situations.