Cynthia Huger, the Vice President of the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, visited Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State
University on August 22. Together with Rector Giorgi Sharvashidze and
CEO of the Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia, Magda Magradze, she
visited modern laboratories equipped in frames of the educational
projects funded by the Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia. The
laboratories were opened at TSU in 2017 within the framework of the MCC –
Georgia compact for San Diego University’s educational program
students.
Rector Giorgi Sharvashidze said that five labs were opened at TSU in
frames of MCC – Georgia compact and some more will be opened. “San Diego
State University and Tbilisi State University are jointly working on
four programs. The first phase of this project will be completed next
year and we will have the first engineering program at TSU accredited by
ABET,” Rector Sharvashidze said.
MCC Vice President Cynthia Huger discussed the project of laboratories and talked to the students who returned from abroad.
CEO of the Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia, Magda Magradze said:
“We visited TSU and viewed modern technologies purchased in frames of
MCC compact; we also met with students of a joint program implemented by
San Diego State University and Tbilisi State University and
familiarized with the course of its implementation,” she noted.
During her working visit to Georgia, MCC Vice President Cynthia Huger
will hold official meetings with Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Mamuka Batiashvili.
The sides will discuss the projects successfully implemented in the
country during four years in frames of the USD 140 million Georgia
Compact. MCA Georgia is implementing projects in general, vocational,
and higher education focusing on increasing the quality of education and
developing Georgia’s human capital in STEM fields.
