Abstract:

Children should learn the basic ideas of democracy and human rights from an early age, but teaching values such as dignity, tolerance, and respect for other people, also, the transfer of skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and human rights cannot be taught in traditional ways. Humans learn them through experience and practice, living in a democratic environment. Human rights and freedoms are universal, i.e., they apply to all, regardless of their origin and the position they hold in society.

Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living. They also have the right to have the full potential for their development. The Convention specifically states that all children have the same rights and that all rights are interrelated and are of equal importance. The aim of the paper is to reveal when and how the education on children rights is conducted. Children need to know not only what rights they have, but also to learn how to value those rights and how to exercise them. To achieve this goal, the school needs to create an environment and opportunities conducive to teaching about children's rights. The school, the classroom, the school management, the teachers are small models of society - the micro-society. Students learn a lot from these micro-communities, including their rights and responsibilities. Therefore, we were concerned about the future teachers training process in the Georgian educational space, by studying and observing the development of the relevant knowledge and competence formation.

The research was conducted in Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University, Telavi and Tbilisi State Universities. Observation and analysis methods were applied. In particular, we have studied the teacher training programs in these universities. The research and the study of the current situation revealed that the training course on human rights is being implemented from the 2020-2021 academic year at the Akaki Tsereteli State University in Kutaisi with the direct support of UNICEF in Georgia. Protection of rights is not a separate subject in Telavi and Tbilisi State Universities educational programs, but these issues are addressed in various training courses. Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education, is planning to include children's rights course in the teacher training programs, as an optional course. The study of children's rights is accomplished through examples, situation discussion, problem-oriented teaching, projects. When discussing situations, the teacher is required to help students lead the discussion in the right direction by asking relevant questions. We should create a safe environment for students in the classroom, enabling them to express their views on the experience they have gained, what they have learnt and how they intend to use the gained knowledge and skills. Students learn a lot by sharing their opinions. This is beneficial for the classroom community. Human rights and children's rights have made an invaluable contribution in improving the world which has become a place where life is safer and more humane. We must not allow these rights to stay beyond attention. Each new generation should contribute to their development and fight for their protection.

Keywords:

Children's rights, freedom, self-realization, education, educational programs.