The Messenger Georgian online magazine reports on improving public perception of the ongoing reforms in the country’s education sector. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia joined the Bologna Process (the European Higher Education Area) in 2005 at Bergen Summit. Compared to the first two that have failed to implement the required reforms, Georgia has showed a stronger political will and has succeeded in creating the necessary administrative frameworks to push ahead with reforms.
Although Georgia still has a long way to go to comply with all the EHEA requirements, the public seems to appreciate what has already been achieved.
According to an opinion poll conducted by the ACT Marketing and Consulting, about 36 percent of Georgians considers that the reforms have improved the quality of education, 39 percent that the education reforms are more or less positive, and only 23 percent has a negative attitude towards the reforms.
ACT asked the Georgian public about the quality and significance of education and the recent education reforms in Georgia. About 1,200 people aged from 16 to 70 were interviewed at random in Tbilisi (500), Batumi (200), Kutaisi (200) and other cities (the remaining 300).
Education Regaining Value
The majority of respondents stated that education is more influential than acquaintances and money in getting a job. About 56 percent of Tbilisi respondents and 46 percent of respondents generally said this. The majority of respondents (61 percent) thought that the importance of education in gaining employment has increased over the last 5 years. Only 3 percent consider that its significance has decreased.
Those questioned were also asked whether conducting successful education reforms would affect the electoral preferences of the population and if the public's assessment of the reforms partly determined political priorities. About 42 percent of respondents considered that successful education reforms would affect the outcome of elections, 30 percent thought otherwise, and about 29 percent did not have a definite opinion on this.
To compare with the results of a similar ACT survey dated 2008, please click here.
Although Georgia still has a long way to go to comply with all the EHEA requirements, the public seems to appreciate what has already been achieved.
According to an opinion poll conducted by the ACT Marketing and Consulting, about 36 percent of Georgians considers that the reforms have improved the quality of education, 39 percent that the education reforms are more or less positive, and only 23 percent has a negative attitude towards the reforms.
ACT asked the Georgian public about the quality and significance of education and the recent education reforms in Georgia. About 1,200 people aged from 16 to 70 were interviewed at random in Tbilisi (500), Batumi (200), Kutaisi (200) and other cities (the remaining 300).
Education Regaining Value
The majority of respondents stated that education is more influential than acquaintances and money in getting a job. About 56 percent of Tbilisi respondents and 46 percent of respondents generally said this. The majority of respondents (61 percent) thought that the importance of education in gaining employment has increased over the last 5 years. Only 3 percent consider that its significance has decreased.
Those questioned were also asked whether conducting successful education reforms would affect the electoral preferences of the population and if the public's assessment of the reforms partly determined political priorities. About 42 percent of respondents considered that successful education reforms would affect the outcome of elections, 30 percent thought otherwise, and about 29 percent did not have a definite opinion on this.
To compare with the results of a similar ACT survey dated 2008, please click here.
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