A special reception dedicated to International Teachers’ day was held at the National Center for Teachers’ Professional Development. The deputy minister of Science and Education Lia Gigauri congratulated teachers from Tbilisi as well as the regional Georgia on the professional day and awarded them with special presents.

Lia Gigauri opened a new lab which offers perfect collaborative, IST-equipped working space for acting teachers and education experts.

The lab makes it possible:

• To conduct individual as well as group works, where teachers, university representatives or education experts will be able to conduct innovative project planning works and carry them out;
• To create digital interactive teaching resources using visual studio installed in the lab;
• To introduce and share best examples and innovations to teachers.

The event also hosted the presentation of teachers’ professional development practical guidebook which was prepared by the Center experts as well as the experts of elementary schools of Georgia. The guide book will help teachers to determine their own professional needs and help to develop them.

In the scope of the special reception, the exhibition if Sopo Tatrishvili and Tamar Bakradze was held.

The event was attended by 120 teachers from Tbilisi and regions as well as the representatives of the Ministry of Science and Education and international organizations.