Education, Science, Culture and Sport Ministry to be divided again
Culture and Sport Ministry merged with the Ministry of Education and Science last year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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A Ministry of Culture, independent of the current Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, may be formed starting in 2020.
The information emerged after the Education Minister Mikheil Batiashvili resigned earlier today.
The ruling party legislator Nukri Kantaria told InterPressNews agency after Batiashvili’s resignation that the changes are expected in coming months, supposedly in January.
The Culture and Sport Ministry merged with the Ministry of Education and Science last year.
Batiashvili, who took the post in July 2018, resigned today stating it was his “personal decision”. His replacement has not been named so far.
Nukri Kantaria said it is unlikely that Batiashvili will be replaced by his deputy Badri Maisuradze, but rather the latter might lead the new culture ministry.
The Georgian government has taken on responsibility to provide “unprecedented support” for education in the country and invest one-fourth of the state budget for educational goals, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated earlier today during the presentation of the government initiative: Education - Way to Freedom.
Georgia has been nominated for the international organisation Peace and Sports 2019 awards for the best initiative of the year.
Georgian Education and Sports Minister Mikheil Batiashvili, who took the post in July 2018, has resigned, stating “it is my personal decision and hope that no political speculations will take place around the issue.”
Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Batiashvili has stated that the salaries of senior, leader or mentor teachers will increase from September 2019, while the teachers in their pension age will be able to receive two–year salary in advance, if they decide to leave.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Education Minister Mikheil Batiashvili have presented a strategy for Georgian education reform today in Ikalto, in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia, where one of the first Georgian academies was built in the 11th century. PM Bakhtadze stated that new learning models will be initially implemented in 50 public schools and the number of such schools will increase to 2,000 by the year 2023.
The Ministry of Culture will again become a separate entity from the current joint structure with education, science and sport administrations, with the government poised to help commercialise the field, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia told the parliament earlier today.
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia has again been divided into two government agencies - the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, as it was before former Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze merged the ministries in 2018.