As part of the project “The Challenge of Disinformation: Developing Critical Thinking in Schools,” the Communications Commission has trained 21 teachers of Public School N4 in Ozurgeti using a specially designed module. Teachers learned about the negative impact of disinformation and anti-western propaganda and mechanisms to protect themselves from them. Teachers will put the experience obtained during the project into practice by developing the critical and logical thinking skills of their pupils. 

One of the teachers who has already completed certified training as part of the joint counter-disinformation project of the EU and Communications Commission conducted a seminar for the pupils of Public School N4. 

The Communications Commission, with the support of the EU delegation, began training teachers in tackling disinformation in 2021. Due to high demand from the teachers, the Commission continues to hold trainings. Over the next two months, the Commission plans to train additional 200 teachers in Tbilisi and the regions of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi, Zemo Svaneti, Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Samegrelo-Kvemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli and Shida Kartli. 

The aim of the project is to raise awareness about the negative impact of disinformation, development of media literacy and critical thinking skills and enhancing knowledge about the process of Georgia's approximation with the EU. Trainings have been held for more than 700 public school and vocational college teachers in Tbilisi and all other regions of Georgia, including the regions with large ethnic minority populations. Teachers were trained using a specially designed creative and interactive module that takes into account modern and topical teaching approaches, covering important topics such as critical thinking, various ways of identifying disinformation, methods of validating information, etc.