Teachers' Trade Union Against Abolishing School-Leaving Exams
Georgian Teachers’ Trade Union says the decision of the Ministry of Education to abolish the school-leaving exams is unacceptable.
The President of the Teachers’ Union, Manana Kobakhidze says the abolition of the school graduation exams will “diminish the role of the school, will reduce the motivation of students and lead to negative processes in schools.”
“This will merely increase the role of private tutors in subjects which the students need to pass for universities,” she noted.
Kobakhidze called on the Education Ministry to thoroughly reconsider all aspects of the planned reforms and not to rely on the assessments of a number of experts.
School graduation exams will be abolished from 2020, Sopho Gorgodze, the Director of the National Examination Center, announced at a presentation of the new education system model.
Gorgodze stated that major changes will be enacted in the education system from 2020. Prior to that, in 2019, 11th graders will be exempted from graduate exams, but these exams will be retained for 12th-grade students.
By Thea Morrison
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