Under the initiative of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, a large-scale project will launch to construct and rehabilitate 800 school buildings, the government administration announced on Wednesday. Effective September-October, its first phase will launch and tenders will be announced for the construction of 80 new school buildings and rehabilitation of 320 existing ones.

PM Garibashvili, Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli and Director of the Agency for Educational and Scientific Infrastructure Development Levan Sukhitashvili discussed the project details today.

According to the project, rehabilitation of 400 school buildings will be tendered out in 2023-2024, while the construction and rehabilitation of 800 school buildings in total will be carried out by the end of 2026.

Project ensures equal access to education resources and their advancement. Over 230,000 students will benefit as a result. Thus, all public education institutions will have state-of-the-art infrastructure by the end of 2026, the government reported.

Cost of the project amounts to 1 BLN GEL.