24 inmates take Unified National Exams this year in Georgia
Inmates in various penitentiary institutions are taking part in the Unified National Exams to gain Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia/Facebook.
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A total of 24 inmates have registered for the country’s university entrance exams this year, says the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia.
Inmates in various penitentiary institutions are taking part in the Unified National Exams to gain Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
Since 2019 convicts have been allowed to receive Master's degrees in Georgia. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia/Facebook.
National exams for university entrants started on July 1 and will end on July 25 throughout the country.
All individuals taking exams have to wear face masks and undergo thermal screening.
Twenty university entrance exam takers have tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia, Head of the National Examination and Assessment Centre Sopo Gorgodze said today.
One applicant who took a university entrance exam on July 7 has tested positive for the coronavirus, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze confirmed earlier today.
A bill presented by the Georgian Dream ruling party MPs allows inmates to receive a Master’s degree while in prison as the current law regulates the conditions and procedures only for Bachelor’s degree.“The current law, with the involvement of the Ministry of Education and Justice, offers procedures and conditions only for the Bachelor’s degree for inmates. There are no rules for a Master’s degree,” says the bill.
The Georgian Ministry of Corrections has proposed several changes to the Imprisonment Code aimed at improving the lives of convicts.
A total of 29,362 university applicants of 38,300 registered have passed the United National Exams, the common national exams for higher education.
Twenty-five inmates at Georgian penitentiary facilities, including six minors, have registered for the country’s ongoing university entrance exams, the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia said on Monday.
Convicts and employees of the Penitentiary Institution No.16 in the city of Rustavi received diplomas for successfully passing an international examination in French language following a course taught by a prisoner, the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia said on Monday.