The Communications Commission, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, is implementing the “Integration of Media Literacy into Formal Education” project, which is funded by UNICEF. The project will offer training to a total of 500 teachers from every region of Georgia. The event began with a meeting with trainers who will be instructing the teachers in the near future. The meeting was led by media literacy expert Natalia Ingorokva, who informed the trainers about the project and the topics that they will be expected to teach.

The project to integrate media literacy into formal education began in 2022 with a survey of media literacy needs among teachers and students in schools across Georgia. Based on the survey results, a seminar module and textbook were created for teachers. The project intends to introduce an optional subject for 10^th graders, which the pupils will study under the guidance of trained teachers for one semester and learn about media literacy, media and information language, information processing and disinformation.

The Media Literacy Department of the Communications Commission has been developing media literacy skills among teenagers, parents and teachers for more than five years.