The four-year-old program to computerize Georgia’s school system has started its second phase, which aims to complete the process of introducing computers and Internet access to all schools and training teachers and students in the use of technology.
The program will continue for three more years, until 2012.
The Deer Leap school computerization program has itself undergone some changes, to eliminate conflicts with a separate effort to repair and upgrade Georgian schools. Deer Leap bought computers, and installed equipment and fixed wires for the Internet in the schools. Read the rest of this entry »
Activists from the Why? Public Movement reported a second attack on two groups of activists at 9.30 pm on Friday, April 10.
The activists claim one of their attackers was a National Movement Party member, President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party. But the public defenders office, who is investigating the attack, refused to confirm whether anyone Saakashvili’s party was involved.
No one was hurt in the attack, which occurred on Tabukashvili Street, near the activist group’s office. Read the rest of this entry »
The Why? Public Movement says they don’t want answers to the provocative questions they’ve been posting to President Mikael Saakashvili around Tbilisi city streets for the past three months.
“Why war? Why do police do terrorism act to people? Why people are being killing in the streets? Why court is under pressure of the government? Why did Saakashvili bring masseuse during the war with budget money?” and thousands of “Why?” questions were reason of creating this Movement. They give these questions to Mikael Saakashvili, President of Georgia and his political team. Read the rest of this entry »
She sits and sells sweets at the entrance to a building on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.
She has a stout body and face, with large eyes and silver hair. She is 50-year-old Nana Barsmanshvili, a private street vendor.
She says that this work is not interesting, although she finds it easy to sit and sell goods —chewing gum, cakes, sweets, Read the rest of this entry »
Khanim Javadova comes to Journalism because of liking tireless activity. She is a 22-year-old Azerbaijani journalist. Javadova says that she learned skepticism, curiosity, thinking differently from journalism. But she likes photojournalism, shooting video and editing.
In 2004 Javadova entered the journalism faculty of Baku State University and graduated in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
