Mikheil Batiashvili, the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, discussed the existing problems and future plans with the principals of public and private higher education institutions in Georgia.

As the meeting begun, the Minister noted that the newly formed Ministry is actively working on the development-oriented approaches to higher education, and it is vitally paramount to have an active cooperation from all parties, in order to yield advances in this regard.

The meeting was held in a question-answer format where all sides had the opportunity to discuss relevant issues that requires the ministry’s immediate attention and support. Discussions focused on such important topics as internationalization of education, attracting foreign students, university authentication-accreditation issues, creation of unified educational digital platforms and so forth.