The Communications Commission, with the support of UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, continues to actively integrate media literacy into formal education. As part of this process, one of the teachers trained by ComCom headed a media literacy lesson at Public School Nº175. During the semester, pupils will learn about the importance of media literacy, types of disinformation, as well as the ways to discover fake news and establish true facts using a variety of techniques.

At the first stage of the project to integrate media literacy into formal education, the Commission held a country-wide study of media literacy needs. With the help of experts, the Commission then devised a textbook, an educational standard and a training module. Up to 600 teachers from different regions of Georgia were trained in teaching media literacy. At the end of the first stage of the project, the Commission signed memorandums of cooperation with the Teachers’ Professional Development Centre (TPDC) and UNICEF to facilitate integration of media literacy into formal education. The TPDC helped train an additional 1000 teachers, while the subject of media literacy is already taught in 6 schools across Georgia and will be implemented in other schools in the future.

Raising public awareness about media literacy, particularly among students, teachers and parents, remains one of the top priorities for the Communications Commission.