UNICEF continues promoting media literacy in formal education through teacher trainings and development of educational resources

TBILISI, Georgia, 24 October 2023 – UNICEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the Communications Commission, continues to integrate media literacy into formal education. The educational resources, including the new manual, were presented at the Teachers Forum, organized at the Ministry of Education and Science. The forum was part of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week.

The event was opened by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Tamar Makharashvili, Member of the Communications Commission Natia Kukuladze, and the Representative of UNICEF in Georgia, Jesper Moller.

“This year’s topic for Global Media and Information Literacy Week is Media and Information Literacy in Digital Spaces. And indeed, our role is to equip children and young people with media literacy and digital competencies,” said Jesper Moller, Representative of UNICEF in Georgia. “Many thanks to the Ministry of Education and Science and the Communications Commission for the excellent partnership. Our special thanks to those schools who are pioneers of integrating media literacy in their school programmes. At UNICEF, we stay committed to continually advocating for media literacy being a part of school curriculums and supporting teachers and young people throughout the journey,” Moller added.

As part of the initiative, 600 teachers have already been trained in media literacy and in partnership with the Teachers’ Professional Development Centre. A second phase of the trainings is underway which plans to trainan additional 1000 teachers by the end of this year.