New Project Helps Pensioners Build Computer Skills

Liberty Bank and the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia have launched a new program aimed at helping older Georgians learn computer skills, including using the Internet. The goal is to help retirees become more active, connected, and integrated into modern life.

The program offers free courses to older people on topics related to computers in general, the Internet, e-mail, social networks and smartphones.

338 people have registered for the courses so far. Classes will be taught in small groups in the Digital Hall of the National Parliamentary Library, which opened in 2016.

Giorgi Kekelidze, General Director of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, called the project “very important and cost-effective" and "A bridge between generations – through technologies."

"The initiative has been met with a great response and a serious perspective, which is the result of good cooperation between state and private institutions," said Kekelidze. 

The Library's Deputy Director Levan Tkhelidze said “Our goal is to assist the older generation and promote their integration with the modern world and its integral digital technologies. But it's also not a bad idea to look around at some of 10-inch tablets that are available on the market, if you want to see what's out there. We have implemented many social projects throughout the year, but the educational segment of this particular project is a kind of experiment that we hope will succeed and we will carry out similar projects with greater scope.”

By Samantha Guthrie