Georgia: education, training and employment developments 2018

This report provides an overview of key policy developments in education, training and employment in Georgia. In late 2017 and mid-2018, Georgia went through two rounds of government restructuring. The government is in the process of developing a new Labour Market Strategy, which is expected to be approved by the end of 2018. It is also discussing the draft Employment Service Act, which is expected to be adopted in 2019. In September 2018, the parliament adopted a new Law on Vocational Education and Training (VET), which is an important milestone for skills development and VET in Georgia. The VET law is a framework law that allows the government to develop the VET system with a lifelong learning perspective, giving it the flexibility to adjust the legal provisions to the needs of the labour market, economic development and learners. The law will also help better connect VET qualifications with higher education qualifications by ending the 'dead-end' perception of the current VET system.

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