Georgia: adults get second chance at education
This short-term programme aims to train and retrain students in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A new adult education system aimed at implementing short-term programmes to train and retrain students will be launched in Georgia, announces the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.
The programme will be launched with the help of the private sector.
As a result of the programme:
- Graduates will receive education certificates recognised by the state;
- Private companies will be able to obtain the right to implement short-term programmes for the development of the adult education system;
- The state will fund priority areas that will be recognised as a field of high employment potential;
- Programmes will be implemented in practical teaching format (work-based training).
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze presented the government initiative ‘Education - Way to Freedom’ last week where he said that the government will provide “unprecedented support” for education in Georgia and invest one-fourth of the state budget in education.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has explained at a special briefing earlier today how the government intends to spent one fourth of the state budget on educational purposes.
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.
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A total of 7 billion GEL (about $2.61b/€2.29b) will be spent on the construction of new schools and the renovation of old ones, says the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze.
Academia Europaea, a European non-governmental association acting as an academy to promote learning, education and research from 1988, has opened a regional centre at Tbilisi State University today.
A education and science town complex will be built in Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi, announced Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze today. The modern multi-functional complex includes laboratories, a library, a science museum, conference halls, indoor recreational space, sports halls, outdoor stadiums and a living campus.
The World Bank will allocate €90 million for the Georgian education system.
In September Georgia will sign an agreement on membership in EURAXESS, which is a unique pan-European initiative delivering information and support services to professional researchers, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated earlier today.
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has welcomed the membership of the Georgian National Centre for Education Quality Enhancement in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), saying that in terms of higher education, Georgia has already become a part of the EU.
Funding for education in Georgia has tripled in the last 10 years, Georgian Finance Minister Ivane Matchavariani announced earlier today.
Artificial Intelligence University will start functioning in Georgia on the basis of Business and Technology University (BTU) from September 2020.
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