Eka Khoperia, Minister of Education and Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, and Dr. Kakha Shengelia, President of Caucasus University, met with CU students on March 21.

Within the framework of the meeting, the Minister spoke about the funding opportunities and current scholarships in the Ministry, in particular she focused on such sub-programs as:

• Support program for successful students;
• Scholarship named after Academician Ilia Vekua;
• Scholarships named after Dimitri (Arzakan) Emukhvari and Juli Shartava;
• Scholarships named after Tamaz Nadareishvili, Lorik Marshania, Guram Gabiskiria and Mikheil Jincharadze;
• Support program for scientists.

The purpose of the meeting was to generate student interest in the programs and to inform them about the scholarships. The audience had the opportunity to ask questions about relevant and interesting topics.