2019-04-03
Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia hosted winning school children and mentor of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) contest, who will be visiting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) International Space University (ISU).
Head of Government of Georgia congratulated them with the achievement and stressed the most significant role of the youth in advancing the country.
Prime Minister of Georgia spoke with authors of the project about a wide-scale reform implemented in the education sector of the country, which is aimed at improving the level of knowledge acquired at various tiers, facilitating innovative ideas among the youth and developing the human capital in the country.
"It is particularly gratifying for me that our youth is winning in the contest of innovative ideas. We have a unique talent in Georgia and your success is yet another clear example of this" noted the Prime Minister of Georgia in addressing the young inventors.
Head of Government of Georgia also stressed the significance of the contest held by the MCA, which is aimed at promoting the innovative ideas and projects in natural sciences and technologies, at boosting their motivation in the referred subject areas and at facilitating new achievements of the country in the domain of inventions and technologies.
Creators of a project branded as Barney's Smart Labyrinth - Oberton Team will travel to NASA. The group includes: Sophio Chikhladze (Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy), Mariam Gamrekelashvili, Giorgi Rigishvili, Aleksandre Kajaia (School AIA-GESS) and Iona Iobidze (Kutaisi School Progress). The project is aimed at automating the observation and research process. Barney's Smart Labyrinth is designed to help scientists in evaluating animals' spatial vision and memory during laboratory experiments. The project saves human time and assists in getting more accurate results.
Innovations Contest has been held by MCA together with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia in collaboration with NASA ISU with financial support of the US Embassy in Georgia since 2014.
Meeting was attended by Ross Wilson, US Chargé d'Affaires; Magda Magradze, CEO of MCA and Irina Abuladze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia.
Prime Minister's Press Office