Georgian Education Minister highlights initiatives for supporting youth, enhancing contribution to state’s development

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”.