The Center for Progress officially addressed the Prime Minister of Georgia and the Ministers of Education and Science to involve the Center’s student coalition in the process of working on a higher education funding model.
Access to higher education remains a significant challenge in Georgia. The number of students suspended in 2020 reached an all-time high – 76,000 students (almost every second) could no longer continue their studies.
The problem is especially acute during a pandemic, amid severe socio-economic problems.
According to the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Education and Science has started working on changing the funding model for higher education. On July 30, Irakli Gharibashvili announced that a 10-year education system development document was being developed and that the higher education funding system would be changed.
As it is known, the reforms in Georgia are mostly carried out without the involvement of the people who are directly dependent on these processes and whose interests any state change should take into account. In this case, we are talking about students-young people who are far away, involved in the decision-making process to protect their rights.
Therefore, the Progress Center Student Coalition (which brings together university students from all over Georgia) appeals to the Government of Georgia to involve them in the process of working on a higher education funding model so that they can protect student interests and deliver reform to young people.
