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Tamar Sanikidze:
Last year, the United National Movement voted for six years to be set as the age for children to start school.
07/05/2015Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Publishers:
Books have been taken away from us and were disseminated on their behalf
28/04/2015FactCheck NewspaperFactCheck Newspaper -
Mikheil Saakashvili:
"The American [sic] teachers programme has been practically abolished."
12/03/2015Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Mikheil Saakashvili:
"The Presidential Programme for sending students abroad has been abolished."
06/02/2015FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
Ministry of Education and Science:
"Alexandre Shelia’s month-and-a-half salary payment (GEL 143,000) was not implemented from budget funds."
09/01/2015Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Sergo Ratiani:
“Of this year’s educational grants for students, a total of GEL 16 million has not been transferred.”
24/12/2014Mostly FalseIn the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions -
Vladimer Papava:
“The tuition fees paid by students account only for 10% of the budgets of Western universities whereas in Georgia, there is no support from the state.”
23/12/2014Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Zviad Dzidziguri:
“Six hundred students at Giuli Alasania’s University [of Georgia] have been suspended because Ms Alasania demanded the payment of their annual tuition in May.”
03/12/2014FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
Sergo Ratiani:
“The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has been holding selections of school principals for two years. Only one candidate has been presented to about 80% of the school boards which means that the boards were not, in fact, given a choice…”
19/11/2014Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Irakli Gharibashvili:
“Inclusive education has become mandatory for every public school in Georgia since 2012.”
07/11/2014Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Irakli Gharibashvili:
“Investments in education and science have been on the rise since 2012… the annual expenditure of an average family on secondary education has been reduced by 60%.”
26/09/2014TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Ivane Kighuradze:
“In 2014, GEL 20 million are allocated for science development. According to the plan, GEL 725 thousand should have been spent out of this in the first quarter but in the report submitted, the expenditures are 0%... Research institutions haven’t received
18/09/2014Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Irakli Gharibashvili:
“The International Education Centre has already funded the studies of 77 students in leading universities of the world.”
12/09/2014TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing