Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

The achievements and challenges of EMP project

08.06.2012

A three year Education Management Project (EMP) project that aimed at increasing effectiveness of managing the education system has been accomplished successfully. The project was implemented by Chemonics International, Inc and supported by USAID and Ministry of Education and Science.

Summarizing conference was held on the achievements and challenges of the mentioned project today in Marriott Courtyard. Deputy Minister, Giorgi Chakhnashvili, Deputy Mission Director of USAID, Yokim Parker, Vice President for Chemonics International Caucasus and Central Asia, Emet Mohr took part in the event.

Several important projects have been implemented as a part of EMP program:

Principals of all public schools in Georgia have been trained in school financing management and effective leadership;
Capacity of the ERC-s has been increased to more effectively support the schools to manage the school finances;
A new school finance scheme has been developed that envisages provision of equitable funding for all schoolchildren in Georgia;
Education Management Information system of the Ministry has created the modules which are capable of collecting and analyzing the data to enable data driven decision;
School financial reporting system has been developed together with school catalogue , geographic information system and other relevant resources;
A two year master’s degree program in education administration has been established at Ilia University in cooperation with California Los- Angeles University.