A seasonal school titled “Modern Methodologies and Legal Aspects of Teaching Children’s Rights” has opened at the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.

The school aims to support the professional development of academic staff, teachers and students through contemporary approaches to teaching children’s rights, international standards and Georgian legislation. Its programme will promote rights-based, inclusive and student-centred educational practices.

The project is supported by the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and is co-organised by BSU and UNICEF Georgia.

The five-day school brings together teachers from public and private schools in Adjara, academic staff from BSU, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University and Akaki Tsereteli Kutaisi State University, and BSU students.

The main topics covered are:

• Children’s rights: the international legal framework and Georgian legislation;
• The general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
• Contemporary challenges in child protection;
• Children’s rights in university programmes;
• Prevention of child labour exploitation;
• A university programme on children’s rights.

Sessions will be led by professors from Paris Nanterre University, a University in Warshaw, BSU and Telavi State University, as well as representatives of UNICEF. The programme includes interactive lectures, seminars and workshops.

Participants will receive a certificate upon completing the seasonal school.