For the support of enhancement of competence of vocational college staff, the Consultation and Training Center (CTC), with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, has conducted a training course. The topic of the training, which was selected based on the needs of vocational colleges, was a study of vocational education graduates. After completion of the training course, the vocational colleges will be able to conduct research of graduates and to determine the efficiency or quality of training programs themselves.

Within the frameworks of the training, the participants got acquainted with the methodology of research of the graduates developed by the Ministry of Education, specific research and international practice. In addition, the representatives of the colleges shared their experiences about the graduates’ research and discussed existing challenges.

14 vocational colleges were involved in the training and all the educational institutions implementing vocational programs in Georgia were able to take part. The training was conducted within the frameworks of the EU-funded project “Development of Formal and Non-formal Vocational Education of Agro-business of Georgia”, which is implemented in partnership with the Consultation and Training Center (CTC).