Govt' Decides to Again Separate Ministries of Culture and Education

"The Georgian government has decided to split the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport into two ministries," Nukri Kantaria, the first deputy chairman of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Parliament, says. 

He noted that the process of separating the ministries will begin in February.

“An agreement has been reached on the split of the Ministries of Education and Culture. I think nobody is against this decision. We have agreed that it was a mistake and the Ministry of Culture should return to its place. The process will start in February. The merge of these ministries (the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Culture and Sports) back in 2018 under Mamuka Bakhtadze’s premiership was a mistake,” Kantaria said.

He added that the separation of ministries will not create a problem for the state budget, as the field of culture has a separate budget.

14 ministries were reduced to 10 ministries and one State Minister Office in Georgia in 2018 on the decision of then Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze with the aim to decrease administrative costs in the state bureaucracy.

By Ana Dumbadze