Gov’t to build, renovate 885 kindergartens in $490 mln programme
A Government programme will build 330 brand-new kindergartens and renovate 555 facilities across Georgia following an initiative by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Photo: PM's press office
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A Government programme will build 330 brand-new kindergartens and renovate 555 facilities across Georgia following an initiative by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Announced by the Government Administration on Monday, the ₾1.3 billion ($0.49bln) programme will set up the kindergartens with indoor and outdoor spaces for use as recreation zones.
They will also be “fully adapted” to those with special needs, the reveal said.
The announcement noted ₾100 million ($38.03mln) had already been allocated for the first phase of the works, scheduled for this year.
The construction and renovation works will be implemented by the Municipal Development Fund.
The Ministry of Infrastructure lists 1,668 pre-school educational institutions across the country as of 2023, with 154,501 children taking classes at the venues from 17,194 teachers.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday highlighted the ₾3.3 billion ($1.22bln) budget for next year’s projects under the country’s Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, in his summary of the Government’s work throughout the past year.
About 400 projects worth ₾37 million ($14mln) have been implemented in the western Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions of Georgia in 2022, the Ministry of Infrastructure announced on Wednesday.
Hundreds of infrastructure projects worth ₾120 million (about $42.48 mln) are underway in eastern Georgia’s region of Kakheti, deputy infrastructure minister Ilia Begiashvili said on Tuesday.
A total of 1,200 infrastructure projects worth ₾132 million (about $44.75m/€42.50m) are underway in western Georgia's Imereti region, the Ministry of Infrastructure has revealed.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia’s Ministry of Infrastructure will announce a tender for reconstruction and renovation of hundreds of kindergartens across Georgia this spring, the Fund said on Wednesday during a meeting with construction companies.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday announced his Government would allocate $185 million for the country’s Education Ministry in 2024, from which $59 million would be spent on increasing teachers’ salaries.
Georgia celebrated National Teacher’s Day on Friday for the first time ever in the country’s recent history, awarding the meritorious teachers with the National Teacher Prize and a cash prize of ₾10,000 ($3,710).