Media Literacy to be Taught by 300 Schools in Georgia in 2025

In 2025, the number of schools teaching media literacy as a separate elective subject increased significantly to 293. Notably, more than 90% of the 293 schools are located in the regions. These significant results have been achieved thanks to the project to integrate media literacy into formal education, which was launched in 2022 through the efforts of the Communications Commission, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia, as well as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). As a result of the project, media literacy was integrated into formal education in 2023. In the same year, six schools in Georgia adopted the subject. By the following year, 227 schools were already teaching media literacy. By 2025, the number of such schools increased to a total of 293. 

The project to integrate media literacy into formal education aims to introduce media literacy as an elective subject for 10^th, 11^th and 12^th grade pupils. For one semester, pupils will study the language of media and information, information processing, types of disinformation, as well as the techniques of detecting fake news and determining the truth using different methods. 

At the initial stage of the project, the Commission carried out research on media literacy needs, and devised an educational standard, teaching module and textbook, which have been used to train around 2600 teachers across Georgia in teaching media literacy. 

One of the priorities for the Communications Commission, as the agency responsible for the development of media literacy in the country, is to increase the interest of more schools in teaching media literacy and to develop young people into media-literate citizens.