Salaries of vocational education teachers in Georgia increase

The average salary of vocational education teachers is about 1,300 GEL. Photo: Liberali. 

 

Agenda.ge, 09 Jan 2020 - 11:31, Tbilisi,Georgia

Salaries of vocational education teachers will ‘significantly increase’ and those working full time will receive about 1,800 GEL ($625) monthly, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated earlier today. 

As of now the salary for full-time teachers amounted to 1,300 GEL ($450).

All vocational education teachers will see the salary rise," Gakharia stated. 

The government of Georgia press office reports that salaries of 2,500 teachers will increase. 

Funds allocated for vocational education have been increased by 57 million GEL compared with 2013," the government of Georgia press office said. 

 Gakharia said that education will remain a top priority in 2020. 

 The government will pay particular attention to education issues in 2020 as the development of the field will increase the rate of employment and deal with problems on the labour market,” Gakharia said. 

 He stated that the government is “taking genuine steps” for systemic changes in the education field.