The Report on Sakpatenti Activities on Promoting Innovation was Introduced at the Conference Summarizing the STEM Mentors Course Project

The training course for STEM mentors, organized by Millennium Foundation with the support of Sakpatenti, implemented during one year throughout Georgia, ended with a tangible result. According to the report presented at the final conference, up to 40 teachers of various public schools of Georgia have been trained. By Acquired, knowledge teachers can introduce to pupils new technologies and arouse interest in  various disciplines of sciences and engineering. In addition, the teachers participating in the course established STEM clubs in their schools, the purpose of the clubs is to facilitate development of skills for creating projects in these fields. 

At the conference summarizing the STEM Mentors Course project, held at Kutaisi International University on June 23-24, 2022, a presentation was delivered by Mr. Merab Kutsia, Head of the Department of Inventions and New Varieties and Breeds of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – Sakpatenti. The representative of Sakpatenti introduced to the attendees the activities of the Office in the direction of promoting innovation, also took part in the discussion on challenges of STEM education in Georgia.

Millennium Foundation launched the STEM Mentors Course project in October 2021 with the financial support from the Grant Programs of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia. The aim of the project was to improve the quality of teaching in the sciences, engineering technology and math (STEM) and to introduce modern teaching methodologies to teachers. From 450 applicants to participate in the project 40 teachers were selected from all regions of Georgia. During six months they learnt how to construct educational STEM projects and the basics of state-of-the-art digital technology and computer programming. Within the course the teachers also familiarized with intellectual property principles and rights in Georgia, namely, rules and procedures of obtaining a patent for a new invention.