The Georgian Association of History Educators (GAHE) is a non-profit, professional educational organisation that unites history teachers and researchers with the aim of developing historical education, raising professional standards, and strengthening cross-sectoral cooperation. The association was established (1997) as a response to methodological, academic, and professional challenges in the field of history teaching. From the very beginning, its activities were based on the integration of modern achievements of historical science, critical thinking, source knowledge, and historiographic analysis into the general education space.

In 2017/18, Georgia held a history competition for school children titled “My Ancestors at My Age”. The competition aimed at raising pupils’ interest in history as a subject and at increasing their motivation to study it. The announcement called on 15- to18-year-olds to enter the competition aimed at rediscovering history and the past. Their stories were to be based on easily available materials. For their research they could use both official written documents and materials held in family archives. They could also use oral histories. The language of the competition was Georgian, but those who wished could submit entries in Armenian, Russian or Azerbaijanian. Thus, the organisers of the competition were trying to encourage members of ethnic minorities to participate more actively without a language barrier.