The expert-teachers from upper-secondary schools of Denmark - Maria Helmberger and Bente Larsen carried out the 4-days training in Georgia.

The solidarity project – “Partnership on promoting education policy capacity, advocacy and school development in Georgia” – is implemented by the Danish National Trade Union of the Upper Secondary teachers (GL) in partnership with the Educations and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia (ESFTUG). The 18-month project is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Foundation of the Civil Society in Development (CISU).

The great desire of the Dutch teachers was to get familiar with the Georgian education system and to see the working environment and teaching process at the place, before the seminars.

On March 21 the Dutch colleagues visited Tbilisi public school №42.

42 public school of physics and mathematics named after academician Ilia Vekua is very popular school.

The guests observed the school, met the teachers, talked with the students, observed the teaching process in the high class. They mentioned that they especially liked the civic education lesson, where the students throughout the lesson were actively involved in the learning process, listened to teacher, to each other, answered questions and participated in the discussion.

The school principal Nugzar Kedelashvili talked with the guests about the school history, teaching process, about the success of the teachers and students, about the implemented, current and planned projects.

The visit in the school was organized by the head of the ESFTUG Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi branch organization – Keso Osishvili.

ESFTUG thanks the director of the public school №42, Nugzar Kedelashvili, the school pedagogical collective, the head of the Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi branch organization for their hospitality and the interesting meeting.