The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili congratulated the whole Georgia with the beginning of a new school year from the village Vakhtangisi, Public School # 2. He came to school with a teached having the longest term of service. The President dropped at 82 year-old Nazi Tsiklauri's house in Rustavi and took her to school in his car. On the way to school the President got interested in the situation at school, the teachers' salaries and the existing problems there. From Rustavi to Vakhtangisi the President and the teacher drove on a newly constructed road. The President recalled the time when on this very way the militia men stopped almost every car and required money.

The teacher expressed her gratitude to the President for raising their salaries and for renovating the school-building and the road. The President brought gift to the beginners - school manuals and bags. He congratulated them with the beginning of a new school-year and awarded the teacher with the longest term of service with the Order of Honor.

"It is great happiness for me that you exist. I am under great impression. I want to thank you and those enthusiasts for the work they do for our country and these children", stated the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili.

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