Professional education "Hackathon" presentation

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The business union "Georgian Employers' Association" supports the implementation of professional education "Hackathon". It is the official sponsor and social partner of the Hackathon, which is organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the Innovation and Technology Agency. "Hackathon" is a competition of people interested in technology and means of realization of good ideas, self-expression, healthy competition and creation of innovative projects. "Hackathon" includes the participation of student groups of vocational schools in order to create a prototype of an innovative and high-tech idea. The support of professional education hackathon is interesting for the Association of Georgian Employers to the extent that one of the priority directions of the association's activities is promotion of professional education among young people. On April 1, at the presentation held in the Innovation and Technology Park of Georgia, which was opened by the Minister of Education and Science, Aleksandre Jejelava, the President of the Georgian Employers' Association, Elguja Meladze, welcomed the audience and said that "the Georgian Employers' Association, as an intermediary organization between private and public structures, aims to take into account the labor market requirements and facilitate the implementation of activities aimed at strengthening professional education. As recent studies confirm, it is difficult for companies to find personnel with qualified professional education in the labor market, which in turn affects the efficiency of production and its development. The Association is an important party in solving the mentioned problematic issue, because together with the Ministry of Education and Science, international funds, vocational schools and the private sector, it implements more than one project aimed at the development and improvement of the vocational education policy.