Georgia: adults get second chance at education

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.