On June 9, 2020, within the framework of the “INTEGRITY” project, an online meeting “Plagiarism and its Negative Impact” was conducted for Telavi State University students of the Teacher Training Educational Program.

During the online meeting, the participants were familiarized with the negative impact of plagiarism in academic integrity and the ways of its prevention; the essential role of a school and a teacher in raising student’s academic awareness was also emphasized.  

The participants spoke about the necessity of conducting such kind of meetings in a permanent way, in which students’ involvement will be taken into consideration as well. The online meeting was leaded by the University Associate Professor Nino Kakhashvili.

The project “INTEGRITY” was funded by the European Union within the framework of Erasmus+ institutional development grants contest 2017 and it is being implemented under the coordination of Ilia State University. The project aims at raising awareness about academic integrity in higher educational institutions of Georgia and preventing plagiarism during the study process.