Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the Second International Conference on Integrating Child Rights into Higher Education Programmes and Curricula, organised by UNICEF in partnership with the University and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia.

Ghassan Khalil, UNICEF Representative in Georgia and Honorary Doctor of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, delivered a public lecture at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University on the topic: “Values-Based Leadership in Times of Change: Leadership through a Child Rights-Based Approach.”

The Child Rights Centre of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted a training session entitled “We Have Rights” for university students and school pupils.
The participants were welcomed by Ghassan Khalil, UNICEF Representative in Georgia and Honorary Doctor of BSU, together with Anzor Beridze, Vice Rector of BSU, and Nika Chkhartishvili, Head of the University Administration. The speakers highlighted the importance of the Child Rights Centre and presented certificates to the participants.

Ghassan Khalil, UNICEF Representative in Georgia, and Professor Lela Turmanidze, Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, officially opened an Inclusive Education and Children’s Rights Training Centre at Makhinjauri Public School.

Within the framework of the UNICEF-supported project “Strengthening University Capacities to Support Inclusive Preschool and General Education,” and in cooperation with the preschool education associations of Khelvachauri Municipality and Batumi City, a total of 76 preschool educators, special education teachers, and managers were selected to participate in training courses on inclusive early childhood education.