Georgian ministries of culture and education to be separated again
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The Ministry of Culture of Georgia will again become a separate body and it will be detached from the current Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia, Deputy Head of Parliament’s Education Committee Nukri Kantaria says.
Kantaria told IPN earlier today the decision to merge the ministries of education and culture back in 2018 under Mamuka Bakhtadze’s premiership was “a mistake.”
An agreement has been reached in the Georgian government that the Ministry of Culture act separately. The government is likely to launch the separation process in February which will be finalised by parliament,” Kantaria said.
The MP stated that this will not be an issue for the budget as there is a separate article which regulates funding issues for culture.
14 ministries were reduced to 10 ministries and 1 state minister office in 2018 to decrease administrative costs in the state bureaucracy.
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.
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 candidate for education minister Mikheil Batiashvili told lawmakers today that he will work to bring the Georgian education ministry in line with European standards and almost all education programmes should be offered to foreign students.
The 14, currently existing ministries will be reduced to 11: 10 ministries and 1 state minister office. Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced changes planned for the cabinet as part of his plan to reduce administrative costs in the state bureaucracy.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that all technical work has been completed to separate the Ministries of Education and Culture.
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.