Georgian Education Minister highlights initiatives for supporting youth, enhancing contribution to state’s development
The Minister also highlighted strengthening of student clubs and promoting active involvement of youth in “making important decisions for the country”. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
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Georgian Education Minister Giorgi Amilakhvari on Tuesday highlighted the Ministry’s initiatives to support youth and enhance their contribution to the state's development while presenting his vision of youth policy to the public.
By implementing new initiatives, we will ensure Georgia has a young generation with national, patriotic, public, moral and ethical values and ones able to fully realise their potential in the competitive environment of the modern world”, Amilakhvari told the event.
He said the Ministry’s aim was to ensure “maximum involvement” of youth in the process of “building a democratic, legal and social state”, and noted his office would offer young generations “thematic events tailored to their personal interests and cover the widest possible audience by implementing diverse, interesting projects”.
He announced a “large-scale” youth festival organised by the Ministry, which he said would feature up to 25,000 students from all universities of the country, and added the event would include sports tournaments, cultural events and intermedia, which would give the students opportunity to participate in “various activities”.
Amilakhvari emphasised the importance of supporting student initiatives and strengthening youth organisations, and noted the Ministry, together with its Youth Agency, would announce the “largest thematic grant competition” for the purpose.
The official also said the state would provide support for the professional development of young generations by implementing a paid internship programme for graduates in public agencies to help participants acquire professional knowledge, experience and practical skills necessary for career advancement.
The Minister also highlighted strengthening of student clubs and promoting active involvement of youth in “making important decisions for the country”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday said creating "broad development opportunities” for young individuals in the country should be a “special concern” of the Government, highlighting the education system for the purpose.
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Giorgi Amilakhvari, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, on Tuesday said the country was becoming a member of the Global School Meals Coalition, an initiative aiming to ensure meals for school students across the world by 2030.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday presented the Government’s General Education Reform for the country, with plans for updating national education goals to strengthen “national identity” and promote formation of “healthy values” among students.
The United States Agency for International Development and the Georgian Education Ministry have launched a $14 million US Government-funded programme to strengthen Georgia’s education sector and increase education quality and equality in schools, the Agency said on Thursday.
Georgian Education Minister Giorgi Amilakhvari on Tuesday said all vocational education programmes across the country would be updated and revised to offer a “completely new concept” with mandatory modules for general education.