Georgia, an emerging democracy in the South Caucasus, has embarked on an ambitious program to staff public schools with 1,000 native English speaking teachers by the end of 2010. As the first state sponsored ESL program in Eastern Europe, this is a top priority for President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government to prepare Georgian youth to take part in the global economy. |
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Ben Glickman, co-founder of Footprints Recruiting, flew to Georgia to meet with the Ministry of Education and enter into a contract to recruit a minimum of 500 teachers. This is a major project for Footprints Recruiting and it is a landmark step for the country of Georgia in stepping forward to bring a new level of English language proficiency to the people of Georgia. The following is an excerpt from the press conference that followed the signing of the landmark deal. |
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 On May 17, 2010, Ben Glickman arrived in Georgia to meet with the Ministry of Education and Science to sign a landmark agreement that would see 500 English teachers to be recruited for the Georgian Ministry of Education. Read the statement from the Georgia Ministry of Education.
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