Time in Tbilisi: May 19, 2024 17:52
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.
He said that budget spending on education will amount to 1.6 billion GEL [ $593,566,000] this year and the funds will increase in following years.
In 2020, funding will reach two billion GEL, in 2021 it will reach 2.5 billion GEL [ $927,447,000] and in 2022 it will be upwards of 3.4 billion GEL [$1,261,330,000 ]”, Bakhtadze said.
He stated that in 2022, funding will reach one fourth of the state budget and, accordingly, six per cent of the country’s GDP.
Bakhtadze stated that in 2012, when the Georgia Dream came to power, the budget for education amounted only to about 700 million GEL.
He said that without quality education Georgia will not be able to overcome poverty and the challenge of the occupation.
“All the Georgian governments must be obliged to invest at least six per cent of GDP in education”, Bakhtadze said.
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 new student campus will be built in Tbilisi in the framework of new education reforms. The campus will be built on 129,778 square meters of land in Didi Digomi on David Agmashenebeli Alley.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze will start his official working visit to Japan tomorrow. In Japan PM Bakhtadze has scheduled to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno and Finance Minister Tarō Asō.
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.
Diplomas issued by Georgian higher education institutions will be recognised and valid in Europe, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stated today at an event dedicated to Georgia’s membership in the European Association for Quality Education and Higher Education (ENQA).
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.
Georgian diplomas will soon be presentable to potential employers via QR codes. The initiative is being carried out as a part of the current wave of educational performs – the system will also include vocational certificates. After a meeting with Input Output HK Ltd blockchain company today, Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Batiashvili said the complete transition of the education system to blockchain technologies is expected by the end of 2019.
2019-2020 academic year has started throughout Georgia today, with 700 fully or partly renovated schools. The academic year has begun in more than 2,000 public schools in the country, while the process was delayed for 19 schools due to renovation work there.
The state budget should be citizen-oriented and the social responsibility of the state should be taken into account, Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia announced at today's government meeting
Georgian Education and Sports Minister Mikheil Batiashvili, who took the post in July 2018, has resigned, stating “it is my personal decision and hope that no political speculations will take place around the issue.”
Georgia has allocated 40 mln GEL ($14.3 mln/€13 mln) for 2020 for the reconstruction of schools in the whole country, says the Ministry of Infrastructure.
A total of 220 million GEL (about $72,358,900) will be spent on the construction and renovation of schools throughout Georgia by fall 2021, said Georgian Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili.